Acts 15:31
And when they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 15:1And certain men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers, “If you are not circumcised in the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
Acts 16:5Therefore the churches were strengthened in the faith, and were growing in number each day. 1 Paul's Vision of the Man of Macedonia
Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the freedom in which Christ has made us free, and do not be loaded down again with a yoke of bondage.
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:23-36
Decision of the Council at Jerusalem; The Publication of the Decree. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which… Read the whole commentary →