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Well pleased

Well pleased "good pleasure," occurs in the genitive case in Luk 2:14, lit., "(men) of good pleasure" (so RV marg.), RV, "(men) in whom He is well pleased" (the genitive is objective); the AV, "good will (towa...

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Well pleased

"good pleasure," occurs in the genitive case in Luk 2:14, lit., "(men) of good pleasure" (so RV marg.), RV, "(men) in whom He is well pleased" (the genitive is objective); the AV, "good will (toward men)," follows the inferior texts which have the nominative. See DESIRE, PLEASURE, SEEM, WELL-PLEASING, WILL.

"to be well pleased:" see PLEASE, A, No. 3, WILLING, B, No. 3.

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