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Acts 15:26

Acts 15:26
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Men that have hazarded their lives,.... As at Antioch, in Pisidia, where a persecution was raised against them, and they were expelled out of the coasts of that place; and at Lystra, where Paul was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 15:22-35

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; but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Men that have hazarded their lives What the English sentence leaves uncertain the Greek makes quite plain, viz. that these words refer to Barnabas and Paul and to the many dangers into which their…