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CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE

The priestly officer who presided over the temple guard and was subject to the high priest (Jer. 20:1; 1 Chr. 9:11; 2 Chr. 31:13; Neh. 11:11). The military aspect of the temple, for which the captain of the temple (Heb. nāgî) was responsible, included policing, managing the gates, keeping sentry posts (Josephus BJ 6.5.3), and guarding the temple treasuries. The term, often translated as “chief officer,” “supervisor,” or “in charge,” was also used in administrative contexts (e.g., 1 Kgs. 4:7).

In the NT the term (Gk. stratēgós toú hieroú) appears in Acts (4:1; 5:24; 26) and Luke (22:4, 52; the plural forms most likely indicate subordinates of the captain). Josephus notes that Ananus, the captain of the temple, was arrested with Ananias the high priest and sent to Claudius Caesar in Rome (Ant. 20.6.2).

Bruce W. Gentry







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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