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Acts 15:26 KJV
Acts · chapter 15 · verse 26
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Acts 15:26 · King James Version
Acts 15:26 in context
24Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
25It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hazardedparadidōmito give into the hands , to give over into power or use, to deliver to one something to…G3860 →
- livespsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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We have here the result of the consultation that was held at Jerusalem about the imposing of the ceremonial law upon the Gentiles. Much more, it is likely, was said about it than is here recorded;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-35