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Sergeants
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Acts 16:35, 38 (R.V., “lictors”), officers who attended the magistrates and assisted them in the execution of justice.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SER'GEANTS. Acts 16:35, Acts 7:38. This was a class of public officers under the Roman government. They were appointed to carry the fasces, or bundle of rods, before the supreme magistrates, and to inflict the punishment of scourging and beheading upon criminals.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
SER'GEANTS. Acts 16:35, Acts 7:38. This was a class of public officers under the Roman government. They were appointed to carry the fasces, or bundle of rods, before the supreme magistrates, and to inflict the punishment of scourging and beheading upon criminals.