King James Version
Acts 15:31 in the King James Version says “Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. consolation: or, exhortation” — study this verse from Acts chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. consolation: or, exhortation”
Acts 15:31 · KJV
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. consolation: or, exhortation
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
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“they rejoiced”
G5463to be "cheer"ful, i.e., calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
“for”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
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