Bible Dictionaries
Police, Policemen
Holman Bible Dictionary
NAS, NRSV used police and policemen to refer to those Roman officials who attended the chief magistrates (Acts 16:35 ,Acts 16:35,16:38 ). See Lictors.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Police, Policemen'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/police-policemen.html. 1991.