Think on These

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     Evangelists are the travelling missionaries both in home and foreign lands. The words "pastors" and "teachers" are in a construction called Granville Sharp's rule which indicates that they refer to one individual. The one who shepherds God's flock is also a teacher of the word, having both the gifts of shepherding and teaching the flock. --Kenneth Wuest (Ephesians 4: 11).

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     The apostle, like the prophet or the evangelist, held no local office. He was essentially, as his name denotes, a missionary, moving about from place to place, founding and confirming new brotherhoods. --J. B. Lightfoot, in "The Christian Ministry."

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     Cyrus tamed the Lydians, whom by arms he could not whilst they kept themselves from luxury; with one proclamation he set up stews, dancing, feasting and dining, and soon made them his slaves. --John Milton.

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     In Acts 14: 21, the A. V. "had taught many" is mistaken. The derivative verb means "to make disciples." --J. Y. Campbell.

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     We are justified in inferring that the evangelists ... are the missionaries ... who do not serve any one congregation or area, but move from place to place as they find openings for the proclamation of the gospel.--The Interpreter's Bible.