Acts 15:26

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

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

In Context

25it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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

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Cross References

Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people that jeopardised their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

1 Corinthians 15:30Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

Philippians 2:29Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people 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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