Gerousia denotes the assembled body of elders summoned alongside the council in Acts 5:21.

The attested use identifies an assembled body of elders: in Acts 5:21, it is called together alongside the council before messengers are sent to the prison.

1. assembled body of elders · dominant

   The accusative singular feminine form occurs in the clause where the high priest and those with him call together the council and this body. In Acts 5:21 the APB renders the clause "called together the council and all the council of elders of the sons of Israel," placing it within an official gathering.

   Acts 5:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 5:21, the APB presents the gathering as "all the council of elders of the sons of Israel." That wording cannot isolate the lemma from the surrounding expression.