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Development of the Organization StructureJehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
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When the Millennial Dawn volume entitled The New Creation (published in 1904) again discussed in detail the role of elders and the manner in which they were to be selected, special attention was directed to Acts 14:23. Concordances compiled by James Strong and Robert Young were cited as authorities for the view that the statement “they had ordained them elders” (KJ) should be translated “they had elected them elders by a show of hands.”d Some Bible translations even say that the elders were ‘appointed by vote.’ (Young’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible; Rotherham’s Emphasised Bible) But who was to do that voting?
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Development of the Organization StructureJehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
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d The literal meaning of the word used in the Greek Bible text (khei·ro·to·neʹo) is “to extend, stretch out, or lift up the hand,” and, by extension, it could also mean “to elect or choose to an office by lifting up of hands.”—A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament, by John Parkhurst, 1845, p. 673.
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