A council of elders in a village in southern India has ordered a woman to fall at their feet for five hours, as punishment for requesting a divorce.

在印度南部一个泰米尔族的村落里，5个长老命令一位妇女及其母亲向他们下跪5个小时，理由是这个女子提出了离婚的要求。

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Acts 24:1 and after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a certain orator, Tertullus; and they gave their information against Paul to the governor.

徒二四1过了五天，大祭司亚拿尼亚同几个长老，和一个辩士帖土罗下来，向总督控告保罗。

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Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.

过了五天，大祭司亚拿尼亚，同几个长老，和一个辩士帖土罗，下来，向巡抚控告保罗。

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In addition to the five acquittals, a sixth man, one of the village elders, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment last week.

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Communities usually comprise five to thirty persons and are guided by leaders, appointed by election or proposed by elders.

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