When they read it aloud, ¹  the people ²  rejoiced at its encouragement. ³ 

biblegateway Act 15:31

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

When they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

And [when they] read [it] aloud, they rejoiced at the encouragement.

biblegateway Act 15:31

The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

And when they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

bibleoremus Act 15:31

When its members read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.

When it was read, all rejoiced at the encouragement it brought,

biblegateway Act 15:31

When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement.

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

biblegateway Act 15:31

When they read it aloud, ¹  the people ²  rejoiced at its encouragement. ³ 

¹ tn Grk “read it.” The translation “read aloud” is used to indicate the actual practice of public reading; translating as “read” could be misunderstood to mean private, silent, or individual reading.

² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people) is specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “at its encouraging message.”