apostle

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Remember "apostle" just means "one who is sent out" in Greek.
記住，“使徒“在希臘文裡意思衹是“被派出去的人
Turn to II Peter, and see what the apostle Peter said about being ready and what condition we should be in to be ready for the Lord to come.
繙到第二章彼得，看看信徒彼得對做好準(zhǔn)備以及在什麼狀態(tài)下對上帝的來臨我們是做好了準(zhǔn)備的見解。
The apostle Paul, in the New Testament, follows this pattern.
在《新約》中，使徒保羅就遵循這種模式。

So,often,some people in the ancient world, if there was a gospel they didn't like, they didn't want it to be included, they would argue against it being authored by an apostle.
通常，對於古代的一些人，如果他們不喜歡哪卷福音，不希望它被列入聖典書目裡，他們會稱它是由某個使徒所著進(jìn)行反對。
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So for example,Papias and other ancient writers,they said, "Well,we accept the Gospel of Mark because, well,if it wasn't written by an apostle, it was written by someone very close to an apostle.
比如帕皮亞和其他古代作者說，“我們接受馬可福音，因爲(wèi)它竝非由某個使徒所寫，它是由和某個使徒很親近的人所寫。
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It's not the acts of all the apostles, it's the acts basically of Paul,and Paul's not considered an apostle by the guy who wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
它竝不是所有使徒的傳記，而是保羅的，但使徒行傳的作者認(rèn)爲(wèi),保羅竝不是使徒。
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The Apostle Paul was beaten, shipwrecked, stoned, imprisoned, and all sorts of horrible things.
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The apostles were the followers of Jesus Christ who went from place to place telling people about him and trying to persuade them to become Christians.
An apostle of a particular philosophy, policy, or cause is someone who strongly believes in it and works hard to promote it.