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Acts 20:28, Overseers [or bishops].<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The word bishop<\/i> 1985 is the Greek word \u00a0episkopos<\/i>\u00a0and means \u201can overseer, patron, one who watches or protects, one who cares for others, a man charged with the duty of seeing that things to be done by others are done rightly, any curator, guardian or superintendent;\u00a0 the superintendent, elder, or overseer of a Christian church\u201d (TDNT, <\/i>vol. 2, p. 608). This word or related cognates occur only several times in the NT (Luke 19:44; Acts 1:20; 1 Tim 3:1, 2; 2 Tim 4:22; Tit 1:7; 3:15; 1 Pet 2:12, 25).<\/p>\n

Once again, Yeshua is the Chief Shepherd and Bishop over his people (1 Pet 2:25), with those holding those earthly offices under his authority.<\/p>\n

The TDNT<\/i> notes that the role of the episkopos<\/i> is to strengthen that of the pastor in watching over the flock (e.g., Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 5:2). The NT with regard to the congregation in Ephesus seems to equates the episkopos<\/i> with the presbuteros <\/i>(or elders-leaders of a congregation, see Acts 20:28) indicating that there is more than one leader or overseer over a congregation\u2014literally, a group of leader-elders. Elders (presbuteros<\/i>), pastors (poimen<\/i>) and bishops (episkopos<\/i>) are again viewed as equivalent in regards to local leadership in 1 Peter 5:1 and 2. In this passage, the leadership terms are in the plural, thus not indicating a central lead figure per se<\/i> although it is the scriptural norm from the time of the patriarchs, through the priesthood, judges and kings of Israel to have a human who exercises ultimate authority. Such leaders can be elected (Acts 1:21ff; 6:3ff) or be appointed by an apostle (Acts 14:23; Ibid., p. 615f)<\/p>\n

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