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these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15.
•COUNSELLOR an adviser (Proverbs 11:14; 15:22), a king’s state counsellor (2 Samuel 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isaiah 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.