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• {"n":"apostolos","s":"Apostle. The noun simply means one who is sent, with authority to act for the sender.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=apostolos","r":"Mark 3:14","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads apostle, and messenger in the handful of places where the sense is plainly ordinary."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He is our man in Berlin.** An envoy speaks with the authority of whoever sent him. That is the whole idea, and it is a job description rather than a rank."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Apostolos is from apostello, to send out. A sent one carries the authority of the sender, which is what makes the word more than messenger. It is applied to the Twelve, to Paul, to Barnabas, to Epaphroditus and to Andronicus and Junia."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English apostle has become a proper title and cannot be used of an ordinary envoy, so the range is invisible."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When an English word has become a title, look up every occurrence of the original. Titles narrow faster than any other kind of vocabulary."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Apostle is the majority rendering; messenger appears at Philippians 2:25 and 2 Corinthians 8:23 in most versions."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f00\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 apostolos \u00b7 G652"}],"src":["apostolos of Epaphroditus: Philippians 2:25","apostolos of Andronicus and Junia: Romans 16:7","apostello, to send with a commission"]}