Assertion: apostle's word | /r/HasProperty | apostle
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text: But like many Protestant traditions, they do not assign the word "apostle" to those exhibiting the gift.
text: The English word "apostle" comes to us untranslated from the Greek noun apostolos ( apostolos, used 80 times in the NT, is "one who is sent," as illustrated in John 13:16; Luke 11:49 (probable); 2 Cor.
text: There is a special sense of the word "apostle" when we are talking about its New Testament usage.
text: Origins of the words Apostle and Disciple
text: Now, on the other hand the word “Apostle” means “sent one” as we saw in the Greek definition of the word.
text: When one uses the words Apostle today, we could be referring to its simplistic Greek definition.
text: The word Apostle in Greek means “Sent forth”.
text: The word "apostle," used eighty-one times in the New Testament, simply means "a delegate, an ambassador of the gospel, or one that is sent" (Strong's Concordance #G652).
text: Using the original Greek words, both titles are descriptive, as an apostle is one sent on a mission (the Greek uses the verb form: apesteilen) whereas a disciple is a student, but the two traditions differ on the scope of the words apostle and disciple.
text: When we do so, we first learn that the word “apostle” comes from the Greek word apostolos, which means “one sent from or forth, a messenger, delegate” (Arndt and Gingrich, 1957, p. 99; Thayer, 1901, p. 68).
text: So let us begin our study of apostolic ministry by defining the word “apostle.
text: The word “apostle” (apostolos) is used in different ways in the New Testament: (1) for the Twelve disciples originally appointed by Jesus (and later Matthias); (2) for the Twelve plus Paul and a larger group (1 Corinthians 15:3–8) whose exact numbers are somewhat uncertain; and (3) for others such as Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25) and the unnamed “brothers”
text: The word “apostle” comes from two Greek words: to send and from.
text: But there is also a technical sense in which the word apostle is used.
text: The word “apostle” means “one sent.
text: When Charles Spear wrote on this title, he said that the word “apostle” implies three things:
text: Using the original Greek words, both titles are descriptive, as an apostle is one sent on a mission (the Greek uses the verb form: apesteilen) whereas a disciple is a student, but the two traditions differ on the scope of the words apostle and disciple.
text: First, the word “apostle” is one of the most abused words in the contemporary Christian’s vocabulary.
text: Which is what the word "apostle" means.
text: However, in the Bible, the word “apostle” is generally used in a more restrictive sense, that of those who saw Jesus and were specially called by Him.
text: So, the word, apostle, should not always be understood with a specialized, narrow connotation, related to an office of the church.
text: HOWEVER…the Bible also uses the word apostle to describe the Office of an Apostle.
text: Although, in Philippians 2:25, Paul refers to him using the word “apostle,” he makes it clear that Epaphroditus is “your apostle” who Paul is returning to them.
text: The word “apostle” means “one who is sent.
text: From the very first use of the word The English word "apostle" comes to us untranslated from the Greek noun 652 ).
text: While the King James Version translates the word as “messenger”, the Greek word (apostolon) is actually “apostle”.
text: Since apostles did not exist in the Old Testament times, we have to understand the word to mean someone who was sent and/or was a messenger; and that is exactly what the word "apostle" means, "sent one.
text: The word “apostle” means “one who is sent out.
text: In Christianity the words “apostle” and
text: The English word “apostle” is derived from the Greek apostello,
text: The meaning of the word apostles are the sent forth ones.