ACTS 15:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — the testimonial to Paul and Barnabas's commitment (risked their lives, paradidōmi ton psychē) acknowledges their courage and faithfulness, buttressing their authority.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:26
save these necessary things Acts 15:26-28: "That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Acts 15:29 For these things the New Testament did not enjoin: we nowhere find that Christ discoursed about these matters; but these things they take from the Law. From things strangled, it says, and from blood. Here it prohibits murder. cf. Genesis 9:5 So when they were…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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