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EVANGELIST

One who proclaims the “good news” (Gk. euangélion) or who “preaches the gospel, brings good news” (euangelízō). These terms are both derived from ángelos, “messenger.” Acts 21:8; Eph. 4:11 speak of an office; 2 Tim. 4:5 indicates an activity incumbent upon Timothy. In these passages, the evangelist (euangelistḗs) is distinguished from the apostolic office: the former delivers the same apostolic message, but without the same level of authority as the latter.

Although the companion word ángelos appears often in secular literature, euangelistḗs is very rare. It is used in Christian literature exclusively for one who carries on the preaching of the good news of Jesus Christ.

Dale Ellenburg






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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