Acts 15:31

and having read [it] they rejoiced for the consolation;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

In Context

30They then, indeed, having been let go, went to Antioch, and having brought the multitude together, delivered the letter,

32Judas also and Silas, also being prophets themselves, through much discourse exhorted the brothers, and confirmed,

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Cross References

Acts 15:1And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “If you are not circumcised after the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved”;

Acts 16:5then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

Galatians 5:1In the freedom, then, with which Christ made you free—stand, and do not be held fast again by a yoke of servitude.

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 →

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