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@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Belleville shows that there was an Attic understanding this word meant a 'kin murderer'. /12

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@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Belleville shows that there was an Attic understanding this word meant a 'kin murderer'. /12

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