* **God has put us apostles on display ...** - Paul expresses two ways how God has put his apostles on display for the world to see. (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism]])
* **has put us apostles on display** - God has displayed the apostles just like prisoners at the end of a Roman military parade are humiliated before their execution. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **like men sentenced to death** - God put the apostles on display like men who are about to be executed. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **to angels and to human beings** - to both supernatural and mankind.