Bishop Meant Officer

The term Bishop never meant the office of a singular leader, the word describes any officer and is used of those who serve together.

Judas for instance was considered a Bishop as an apostle. Multiple apostles who were all Bishops because they held an overseer's office.

Act 1:20 ForG1063 it is writtenG1125 inG1722 the bookG976 of Psalms,G5568 Let hisG846 habitationG1886 beG1096 desolate,G2048 andG2532 let noG3361 man(G2077) dwellG2730 therein:G1722 G846 andG2532 hisG846 bishoprickG1984 let anotherG2087 take.G2983

It shows the term can be used of any overseer officer.

The word Bishop is also used with the Elders in Ephesus. The word Bishop was translated overseer.

Act 20:17 AndG1161 fromG575 MiletusG3399 he sentG3992 toG1519 Ephesus,G2181 and calledG3333 theG3588 eldersG4245 of theG3588 church.G1577

Act 20:28 Take heedG4337 thereforeG3767 unto yourselves,G1438 andG2532 to allG3956 theG3588 flock,G4168 overG1722 the whichG3739 theG3588 HolyG40 GhostG4151hath madeG5087 youG5209 overseers,G1985 (Bishops) to feedG4165 theG3588 churchG1577 of God,G2316 whichG3739 he hath purchasedG4046 withG1223 his ownG2398 blood.G129

The word translated overseer is also plural.

This helps to clarify I Timothy 3:2,which is translated as a double noun, when the Greek is a single noun.(very deceptive)

1Ti 3:1 This is a trueG4103 saying,G3056 If a manG1536 desireG3713 the office of a bishop,G1984 he desirethG1937 a goodG2570 work.G2041

Notice the word Bishop is translated incorrectly with two nouns, office and Bishop, making it sound like there is an office called Bishop.

Office

Bishop

One word should not be translated as two nouns.

It should be translated,

If any man desires to be a Bishop, which simply means an overseer.  I have already shown it is used with plural officers such as the Apostles and the Elders in Ephesus and Philippi and Jerusalem.

The office of Bishop was never implied in the original greek. The Elders were all considered Bishops (overseers).

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