Acts 15:31

And when they had read it, they rejoiced at the consolation it brought.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30Being thus dispatched they came to Antioch, and when they had assembled the brethren, they delivered the epistle.

32And Judas and Silas being prophets also themselves, exhorted and established: the brethren by many discourses.

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Cross References

Acts 15:1Now some that came down from Judea, taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised according to the law of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

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

Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again in the 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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