他们被称为“长者”而不是“老人”。

They are called "seniors" instead of "old people".

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长者应该接受更多新事物，而年轻人应该听从父母的建议。

The elder should be more accessible to new things and the younger should defer to the advisable proposals from parents.

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他成为了一个对整个公司来说长者般的人物。

He became a father figure to the whole company.

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Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him.

摩西下山，召集了长者,把上帝的命令告诉了他们。

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But he tries to find people who are old men, who knew the apostles.

但是他尝试找到那些长者，那些认识使徒的老人。

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But if,per chance,there came,also, anyone who had followed the Presbyters," the elders, "I made inquiry concerning the words of the Presbyters, what Andrew or what Peter had said, or what Philip or what Thomas or James,or what John or Matthew, or any of the other disciples of the Lord said.

但如果碰巧有谁，曾跟随过长老“，即长者，“我就会问他们长老之言，安得烈之言，彼得之言，腓力，多马，雅各布，约翰，马太，或主的其他门徒之言。

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