ELDER

• IN THE MOSAIC SYSTEM, Equivalent to the title senator, in present use
  • Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency Dt. 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; Tit. 1:5-9; Heb. 11:2; Jas. 5:14,15; 1 Pet. 5:1-5; 2 Jn. 1:1; 3 Jn. 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