Acts 15 · Verse 26

Acts 15:26

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

Acts 15:26 in other translations

BSBmen who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WEBmen who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ASVmen that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
YLTmen who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--
DARBYmen who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
BBEMen who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
WebsterMen that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

What does Acts 15:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 15:24-27

24-27. Forasmuch as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words--without authority or even knowledge of the church at Jerusalem, though they belonged to it, and probably pretended to represent its views. subverting your souls--Such strong language is evidently designed to express indignation at this attempt, by an unauthorized party, to bring the whole Christian Church under…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 26. 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 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.

(g) "hazarded their lives" Acts 13:50, 14:19

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 15:22-35

Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to them, to lay upon the converts no other burden than the things before mentioned, which were necessary, either on their own account, or from present circumstances. It was a comfort to hear that carnal ordinances were no longer…

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Acts 15:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoismenG444
παραδεδωκόσινparadedōkosinhaving handed overG3860
τὰςtastheG3588
ψυχὰςpsuchaslivesG5590
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
ὑπὲρhuperforG5228
τοῦtoutheG3588
ὀνόματοςonomatosnameG3686
τοῦtouof theG3588
κυρίουkuriouLordG2962
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424
Χριστοῦ.ChristouChrist.G5547

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 15:26

  • Acts 14:19

    And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

  • Acts 9:23-25

    And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

  • Philippians 2:29-30

    Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23-27

    Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; …

  • 1 Corinthians 15:30

    And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

  • Judges 5:18

    Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

  • Acts 13:50

    But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hazarded.
13:50; 14:19; Jud 5:18; 1Co 15:30; 2Co 11:23-27; Php 2:29,30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 15:25

    It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Acts 15:26

    Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 15:27

    We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

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Acts 15:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hombres que han expuesto sus vidas por el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		hommes qui ont exposé leurs vies pour le nom de notre seigneur Jésus Christ.
German
Elberfelder 1871		mit Männern, die ihr Leben hingegeben haben für den Namen unseres Herrn Jesus Christus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		hominibus qui tradiderunt animas suas pro nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi.