rwp - bishopric

rwp@Acts:1:20 @{For it is written} (\gegraptai gar\). Luke here returns to the address of Peter interrupted by verses 18,19|. Perfect passive indicative, the usual idiom in quoting scripture, stands written. strkjv@Psalms:69| is often quoted as Messianic in Matthew and John. {His habitation} (\h epaulis autou\). Only here in the N.T., a country house, cottage, cabin. {His office} (\tn episkopn autou\). Our word bishopric (Authorized Version) is from this word, office of bishop (\episcopos\). Only that is not the idea here, but over-seership (\epi, skope\) or office as in strkjv@1Peter:2:12|. It means to visit and to inspect, to look over. The ecclesiastical sense comes later (1Timothy:3:1|).

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