Juridiction - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Juridiction
[ 1,,
G1849,
exousia ]
power, authority," is used, by metonymy, to denote "jurisdiction," in
Luke 23:7. For the different meanings of the word and other instances of its use by metonymy, See
AUTHORITY, A, No. 1.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words