{"query": "Easton: Elder", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_146eb6567951", "title": "Easton: Elder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name frequently used in the Old Testament as denoting a person clothed with authority, and entitled to respect and reverence (Gen. 50:7). It also denoted a political office (Num. 22:7). The “elders ", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_d346f6fb05a9", "title": "A parable — Grace to others", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "An elder brother stayed in the field while the younger spent the inheritance and returned. The father killed the calf for the younger and threw a feast. The elder stood outside, refusing to enter. The", "authority_tier": "operator", "source": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_4994665cec8a", "title": "Belgic Art. 31: The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that the ministers of God's Word, the elders, and the deacons ought to be chosen to their respective offices by a lawful election of the Church, with calling upon the name of the Lord, and ", "authority_tier": "creed", "source": "Belgic Confession (1561)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_c_8d957ff2b4a3", "title": "Belgic Art. 31: The Ministers, Elders, and D ↔ Belgic Art. 35: The Holy Supper of Our Lord ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to codex · confession_belgic — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). 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