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The KJV word is bishoprick , which is now archaic in spelling. Most Bible translators didn’t use the modern spelling ‘ bishopric,’ and that, for a good reason.   #Acts1v20 For it is written in the book of Psalms: “Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell in it.”, and, “His bishopric, let another take.”   A quick google search shows that bishopric means: the office or rank of a bishop. ·      a district under a bishop's control; a diocese.   But looking closely at the Greek word, episkopé, reveals a deeper meaning: a visiting, an overseeing [Strong's].   Here's the kicker: bishopric k is not a desk job; it's fieldwork.   An excellent, Spirit-filled bishop or pastor performs the act of visitation. How does one effectively "oversee" a flock? By being with them, by being among them. When God calls one to be a pastor of a people, the expectation is not like that of a manager who stays in the offic...

the king version The former treatise I have made, O Theophilus, was [1] about [2]    all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He was taken up,    after that He, through the Holy Spirit, had given commandments unto the apostles, whom He had chosen:   3 To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them for [3] forty (40) days,    and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 4 And, being assembled together with them, He [4] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, He says [5] , “You [6] have heard from [7] Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.” 6 When they, therefore, had [8] come together, they asked of Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said unto them, “It is n...