Paul's First Missionary Journey - In Pisidian Antioch; Acts 13:13 – 52 Part 13

Church History: The apostles, at this point, solemnly and openly declare themselves discharged from their obligations to the Jews, and at
liberty to bring the word of salvation to the Gentiles, even by the tacit consent of the Jews themselves. Never let the Jew lay the fault of the carrying of the kingdom of God to the Gentiles upon the apostles, for that complaint of theirs is forever silenced by their own act and deed, for what they did here is forever a bar to it.
The Gentiles cheerfully embraced that which the Jews scornfully rejected. Never was land lost for want of heirs; through the fall of the Jews, salvation is come to the Gentiles: the casting off of them was the reconciling of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; so the apostle shows at large, (Romans 11:11-12,15). The Jews, the natural branches, were broken off, and the Gentiles, that were branches of the wild olive, were thereupon grafted in, (Romans 11:17,19).

Now here we are told how the Gentiles welcomed this happy turn in their favor:

They took the comfort of it: When they heard this they were glad. It was good news to them that they might have admission into covenant and communion with God by a clearer, nearer, and better way than submitting to the ceremonial law, and being proselyte to the Jewish religion--that the partition-wall was taken down and they were as welcome to the benefits of the Messiah's kingdom as the Jews themselves, and might share in their promise, without coming under their yoke. This was indeed glad tidings of great joy to all people.

They gave God the praise of it: They glorified the word of the Lord; that is, Christ (so some), the essential Word; they entertained a profound veneration for him, and expressed the high thoughts they had of him. Or, rather, the gospel; the more they knew of it, the more they admired it. Because now the knowledge of it was brought to them. Many of them became, not only professors of the Christian faith, but sincerely obedient to the faith.