Acts 15:26
in Acts 15men 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.
KJV
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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This verse in Acts 15
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Men that have hazarded--literally, "rendered up," as in will they did. their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--Noble testimony to those beloved men!
This site's exposition
some went out from us
on Acts 15:24-27
The council disavows the teachers of verse 1 as men who had gone out from Jerusalem without authorization, so their demand carried no authority. It commends Barnabas and Paul as men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This site's exposition
risked their lives for the name
The phrase points back to the stoning at Lystra at 14:19 and the flight from Iconium at 14:5 to 6. Men who had faced death for the name had earned a hearing. Paul later called such scars the marks of Jesus, at Galatians 6:17.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Then to show that they do not act despotically, that all are agreed in this, that with deliberation they write this - "It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send men of ours whom we have chosen" - then, that it may not look like disparagement of Paul and Barnabas, that those men are sent, observe the encomium passed upon them - "together with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." If "beloved," they will not despise them, if they "have hazarded their lives," they have themselves a right to be believed. The encomium passed upon Paul stopped their mouths. For this is the reason why neither Paul comes alone nor Barnabas with him, but others also from the Church; that he may not be suspected, seeing it was he that advocated that doctrine: nor yet those from Jerusalem alone. It shows that they have a right to be believed.
The Medieval Church2 voices
He says that "we, having gathered, unanimously decided," because all so determined and write this after careful deliberation. It is remarkable that neither Peter nor James dared, without the whole church, to establish a decree concerning circumcision, although they recognized it as necessary. But even …
Who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the Greek is added: In every temptation.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Men that have hazarded their lives,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Men that have hazarded their lives - This was a high character of Paul and Barnabas: they had already suffered much in the cause of Christ, and exposed their lives to the most imminent danger, and were intent on the same work, notwithstanding the increasing dangers in the way.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Men that have hazarded their lives ... - See Acts 14: This was a noble testimony to the character of Barnabas and Paul. It was a commendation of them to the confidence of the churches, and an implied expression that they wished their authority to be regarded in the establishment and organization of the church. For the name - In the cause of the Lord Jesus.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀνθρώποις | anthropois | men | G444 → | 549 times |
| παραδεδωκόσιν | paradedokosin | having handed over | G3860 → | 119 times |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ψυχὰς | psuchas | lives | G5590 → | 103 times |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὑπὲρ | huper | for | G5228 → | 155 times |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ὀνόματος | onomatos | name | G3686 → | 227 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| Χριστοῦ. | christou | Christ. | G5547 → | 523 times |
ἀνθρώποιςmen
anthropoisG444 →549 times
παραδεδωκόσινhaving handed over
paradedokosinG3860 →119 times
τὰςthe
tasG3588 →19766 times
ψυχὰςlives
psuchasG5590 →103 times
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
ὑπὲρfor
huperG5228 →155 times
τοῦthe
touG3588 →19766 times
ὀνόματοςname
onomatosG3686 →227 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
Χριστοῦ.Christ.
christouG5547 →523 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
- Acts 13:50–51
The 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.
- Acts 14:5
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- 2 Timothy 3:11
Through
1 Corinthians 15:30And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–27
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of…
- 2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
- 1 Corinthians 15:31
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Retractions on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 33; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.
