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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Senate
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(γερουσία , eldership, used by classical writers for a deliberative or legislative body, and by the Sept. for the collective mass of the Jewish elders, and later for the Sanhedrim) is used once in the New Test. (Acts 5:21) for some portion of the Sanhedrim, apparently the elders, who constituted its main element. (See ELDER); (See SANHEDRIM).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Senate'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/senate.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Senate'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/senate.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
