Acts 15:26

men who have handed over their lives on behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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In The King James Version

Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Context

25it pleased us, being assembled as one, to choose men and to send them to you, with our most beloved Barnabas and Paul:

27Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, with the spoken word, reaffirm to you the same things.

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Cross References

Judges 5:18Yet truly, Zebulun and Naphtali offered their lives to death in the region of Merom.

Acts 13:50But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts.

1 Corinthians 15:30Why also do we endure trials every hour?

Philippians 2:29And so, receive him with every joy in the Lord, and treat all those like him with honor.

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:23-36

Decision of the Council at Jerusalem; The Publication of the Decree. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which… Read the whole commentary →

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