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4. παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς, they delivered to them, i.e. to the converts in the several cities. They gave to the Gentile-Christians the decrees to observe, for there was nothing in them which a Jew would be likely to disregard. All that would be needed for the Jews in such cities would be to explain the terms on which Gentiles were to be admitted to the Christian communion.
τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα, the decrees that were ordained. The phrase of James (Act 15:19) was ἐγὼ κρίνω, and the decree was in the form ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν (Act 15:25).