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Acts refers to the elders as "overseers" (20:17-18) and Titus apparantly equates them also (1:5-7). In 1 Timothy, again their role isn't really described, only that they exist, and they deserve honor and they layed hands on Timothy while praying for him. I would think "elders" existed during Paul's day even if he didn't say much about them in his other letters. Quote:
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In other words, there is slim, but not wholly non-existent, evidence for disputing "with the bishops and deacons" on textual grounds. Stephen |
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