31 And when they[a] read it[b] aloud, they rejoiced at the encouragement. 32 Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message. 33 And after[c] spending some time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:31 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“read … aloud”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 15:31 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 15:33 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spending”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 15:33 A few later manuscripts add v. 34, “But Silas decided to stay there.”