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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53946" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53946" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Serjeants]] </strong> . [[Ev]] [Note: English Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] in Acts 16:35; Acts 16:38 of Gr. <em> rhabdouchoi </em> (= ‘rod-bearers’), which represents the Lat. <em> lictores </em> (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] <strong> lictors </strong> ), officials whose duty it was to attend the Roman magistrates, to execute their orders, and especially to administer the punishments of scourging or beheading. For this purpose they carried, as their mark of office, the <em> fasces </em> , a bundle of rods with an axe inserted. Cf. art. Philippi. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7882" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7882" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' sar´jents ''''' , - ''''' jants ''''' ( ῥαβδοῦχαι , <i> ''''' rhabdoúchoi ''''' </i> ): In Acts 16:35 , Acts 16:38 the word (literally, "holders of rods," corresponding to | <p> ''''' sar´jents ''''' , - ''''' jants ''''' ( ῥαβδοῦχαι , <i> ''''' rhabdoúchoi ''''' </i> ): In Acts 16:35 , Acts 16:38 the word (literally, "holders of rods," corresponding to Roman "lictors," thus the Revised Version margin) is used of the officers in attendance on the [[Philippian]] magistrates, whose duty it was to execute orders in scourging, etc., in this case in setting prisoners free. Paul and Silas, however, as Romans, refused thus to be "privily" dismissed. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60084" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60084" /> == | ||
