Of Saints & Shepherds

Quick Facts

• Pronunciation: po-lē-tä’r-khās
• Strongs Concordance: #G4173
  • a ruler of a city or citizens
• Appears 4 times in 2 verses in the New Testament
• Common translations
  • “city authorities” (2x)

How politarchēs is used in the New Testament

1.  Acts 17:6, 8 NASB – “6 When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also; … 8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.”

My observations and perspective

Here we see a word – politarchēs – as representing the civic rulers of the city. No local church leadership references.