CONSOLATION

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

See BARNABAS .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.