apostle
apostle 英 [əˈpɒsl] 美 [əˈpɑsl]
n. 信徒，使徒；最初的传道者
名词复数:apostles
- Although an apostle might be a pioneering supporter of any new cause, the word is most often used to refer to the twelve original disciples of Jesus who went on to spread the gospel. When used as a title, it’s capitalized.
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- n. 信徒，使徒；最初的传道者
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1. 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
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- apostle (n.) Old English apostol "messenger," especially the twelve witnesses sent forth by Jesus to preach his Gospel (Luke vi.13), from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos "messenger, envoy," literally "person sent forth," from apostellein "send away, send forth," from apo "off, away from" (see apo-) + stellein in its secondary sense of "to send," from PIE *stel-yo-, suffixed form of root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (see stall (n.1)). Compare epistle.
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