Acts 15:31

and when they had read it, they rejoiced in the consolation of it.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30They then being thus dispatched, came to Antioch: and assembling the multitude, they delivered the letter:

32Then Judas and Silas, being also themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren, in many a discourse, and established them.

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Cross References

Acts 15:1AND certain persons coming down from Judea taught the brethren, That if ye are not circumcised according to the ordinances of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Acts 16:5Then were the churches established truly in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Galatians 5:1STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under 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 →

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