Elder
8 references
- IN THE MOSAIC SYSTEM
- (Equivalent to the title senator, in present use)
- Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency Deut. 1:13,15
- See GOVERNMENT, MOSAIC
- IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Acts 11:29,30; 14:23; 15:1-35; 16:4,5; 20:17,28-32; 21:18; 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:17-19; Titus 1:5-9; Heb. 11:2; Jas. 5:14,15; 1 Pet. 5:1-5; 2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1
- APOCALYPTIC VISION OF Rev. 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16; 14:3; 19:4
- See Deacon
- Also see CHURCH, GOVERNMENT OF
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.