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Jehovah's Witnesses: Which disciples hazard their lives for Jehovah?
Acts 21:13 ~ "Then Paul answered, what mean you to weep and to break mine heart? For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Which if any of the disciples were willing to die for the name of Jehovah?
Please prove you position with the scriptures.
Thanks...
4 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
After Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus' disciples were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James (Acts 1:12-13). It is worth noting that all of Jesus' followers were in hiding up until Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit filled them. After Peter's testimony about the resurrected Jesus, some 3,000 persons became believers. Peter and John were questioned by the high priest and his family because they were performing miracles by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Peter then declared that salvation is found in no-one other than Jesus and there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved (Acts 4:10-12). I mention all of this to prove that the disciples were preaching about Jesus and performing miracles in his name. They were witnesses to Jesus, not Jehovah.
Every single one of them risked their freedom and their lives for Jesus. Stephen was stoned to death for reminding the Jews they had killed Jesus, the Righteous One. Before he died, he saw heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God. "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit," he cried (Acts 6:51-59).
"On that very day, a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria" (Acts 8:1). Saul of Tarsus was the chief instigator of the persecution, prior to his conversion. And guess who Paul (as he became known) witnessed about? Why, it was the resurrected Jesus who met up with him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-9).
And so the Acts of the Apostles continues to testify that the disciples risked their lives for preaching about the Lord Jesus. I find nothing in Scripture to suggest they were Jehovah's Witnesses.
- NoNameLv 69 years ago
I know who died for Jehovah. His son Jesus. Remember "I come to do not my will but your's"? Who better an example?
Paul was not seeking to be a martyr, but if that happened, he would consider it an honor to die as a follower of Christ Jesus. Since he was a preacher like Jesus was, he would be killed for following that lead. Did Jesus die in his name or from doing the will of Jehovah? By preaching, whose will would Paul die for? Read the next verse.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
1 Corinthians 8:5, 6:
For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” 6 there is actually to us one God* the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him.