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Potentate (δυνάστης, 'powerful one') (#83327)
Potentate (δυνάστης, 'powerful one')
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Concise Bible Dictionary: P
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George A. Morrish
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Jehovah is the only Potentate (
1 Tim. 6:15
15
Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; (1 Timothy 6:15)
). The word occurs also in
Luke 1:52
52
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. (Luke 1:52)
; Jehovah “hath put down the ‘mighty’ from their thrones.” And in
Acts 8:27
27
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, (Acts 8:27)
, the eunuch was a man “of great authority”; they at times had more power than the kings.
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