^15:3So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia⁸ and Samaria, they were relating at length⁹ the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy¹⁰ to all the brothers.

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Footnotes

8 Phoenicia was an area along the Mediterranean coast north of Palestine in ancient Syria.
9 L&N 33.201 indicates that ἐκδιηγέομαι (ekdiēgeomai) means to provide detailed information in a systematic manner, “to inform, to relate, to tell fully.” “Relating at length” conveys this effectively in the present context.
10 For ἐποίουν (epoioun) in this verse ποιέω 2.c has “they brought joy to the members.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very glad.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.

NLTNew Living Translation

The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them—much to everyone’s joy—that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So they were sent on their way by the church, and passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

KJV 1900King James Version

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

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