Acts 15:26
men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In Context
25So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
27Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
Cross References
Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
1 Corinthians 15:30And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
Philippians 2:29Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,
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 →