οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν, those who pass for, are esteemed as, rulers: “quos gentes habent et agnoscunt” (Beza); “qui honorem habent imperandi” (Grotius). Some, e.g., Palairet, regard δοκοῦντες as redundant, and take the phrase in Mk. as = Mt.'s οἱ ἄρχοντες. Kypke resolves it into οἱ ἐκ δόγματός τινος ἄρχοντες = “qui constituti sunt ut imperent”.

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Old Testament