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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Consolation

kon-so-la'-shun (paraklesis):

"Consolation of Israel" (Luke 2:25), refers to the fulfillment of the promises in Isaiah 40:1. See COMFORT. "Son of consolation" (Acts 4:36 the King James Version and the American Revised Version, margin).

See BARNABAS.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.