Acts 15:26

men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

27We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will tell you by word [of mouth] the same things.

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Cross References

Judges 5:18Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Acts 13:50But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

1 Corinthians 15:30Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour?

Philippians 2:29Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;

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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