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To Cheryl #63
“Exousia” as a jurisprudence word has the meaning of a “right” in a very similar sense to the modern English usage, similar to the US Bill of Rights. My reference of Acts 25 was never meant to be exegetic, I simply sought to give a biblical example of Roman Empire jurisprudence. Exousia is used in exactly this sense (as a right of claim) in Heb 13:10. Perhaps I should have simply used this from the beginning rather than using an example to illustrate. But even to have a “right” with respect to a governing authority does not negate the governance. (In the Hebrews passage – even those with the “right” to eat of the sacrifice are not therefore removed from the governance of God).