apostle

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Remember "apostle" just means "one who is sent out" in Greek.
记住，“使徒“在希腊文里意思只是“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.
翻到第二章彼得，看看信徒彼得对做好准备以及在什么状态下对上帝的来临我们是做好了准备的见解。
The apostle Paul, in the New Testament, follows this pattern.
在《新约》中，使徒保罗就遵循这种模式。

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，对于古代的一些人，如果他们不喜欢哪卷福音，不希望它被列入圣典书目里，他们会称它是由某个使徒所著进行反对。
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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.
比如帕皮亚和其他古代作者说，“我们接受马可福音，因为它并非由某个使徒所写，它是由和某个使徒很亲近的人所写。
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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.
它并不是所有使徒的传记，而是保罗的，但使徒行传的作者认为,保罗并不是使徒。
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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.