Serjeant (ραβδοῦχος)
From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: S
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
20sec
Acts 16:35,38
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This was literally “one who carried a rod:” an inferior Roman officer who attended the magistrates to execute their orders, otherwise called a LICTOR (Acts 16:35,38). They carried a bundle of rods, in the center of which was an ax.