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men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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A Powerful Endorsement
Commentators explain that the Jerusalem council's description of Paul and Barnabas as men who 'hazarded their lives' was a powerful, official endorsement. This commendation was intended to build trust and reverence for them in the Gentile churches, especially countering the influence of false teachers who had questioned their authority.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Men that have hazarded their lives, etc. See Acts 14. This was a noble testimony to the character of Barnabas and Paul. It was a commendat…
Have hazarded their lives (παραδεδωκοσ τας ψυχας αυτων). Perfect active participle dative plural of παραδιδωμ, old word, to hand o…
19th Century
Anglican
Men that have hazarded their lives.—It is clear from this that the narrative of the hairbreadth escapes …
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With Judas, Silas, Paul, and Barnabas, who were going to Antioch, the Jerusalem church sent a letter, recorded here in Ac 15. The placing of “broth…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Men that have hazarded their lives As at Antioch, in Pisidia, where a persecution was raised against them, and they …
Authorized to declare they were directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good…
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