ACTS—NOTE ON Acts 14:4 Both Paul and Barnabas are referred to as apostles (vv. Acts 14:4, Acts 14:14). The word has the general meaning of “one who is sent.” It is also used throughout the NT as a more technical term for someone chosen and commissioned by Christ for the proclamation of the gospel (Matthew 10:2; Luke 9:1; Acts 1:2, Acts 1:15). Paul understood his calling as an apostle to be like the calling of the original Twelve in this technical sense, because he had seen Christ on the road to Damascus and had been specifically chosen and appointed by Christ (Acts 9:15; Acts 26:16). See also 1 Corinthians 9:2; 1 Corinthians 15:7; Galatians 1:1, Galatians 1:12, Galatians 1:16.

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