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TOWN CLERK

A high-ranking civic official who led city politics and often acted as spokesperson for the city assembly. In addition, the town clerk (Gk. grammateús, usually “scribe”) was responsible for drafting decrees in conjunction with the local magistrates and for many of the details of city administration, including maintaining order (cf. Acts 19:35). Little more is known about this position in the city government.

The title applied to the official in Ephesus was “temple-warden (neōkóros) of the great Artemis.” The term, used in Acts and by Philostratus in the 32nd letter of Apollonius of Tyana (1.352.7), refers lit., at least in Ephesus, to a secretary or clerk. Among Jews of the 1st century c.e. the term also refers to an expert in the law who is often connected with the scribes and high priests (Acts 23:9).

Joseph Coray






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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