Acts 14:23

American Standard Version (1901)

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβυτέρους κατʼ ἐκκλησίαν, προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν, παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς τῷ Κυρίῳ, εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν.

Transliteration

Having cheirotonēsantes de for them presbyterous according to ekklēsian, having proseuxamenoi with nēsteiōn, they parethento them to the Kyriō, into whom they had pepisteukēsan.

Grammar Details

• *cheirotonēsantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having appointed
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but
• *presbyterous*: accusative masculine plural - elders
• *kat'*: preposition with accusative - according to/in
• *ekklēsian*: accusative feminine singular - church/assembly
• *proseuxamenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having prayed
• *nēsteiōn*: genitive feminine plural - fastings
• *parethento*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - committed/entrusted
• *Kyriō*: dative masculine singular - Lord
• *pepisteukēsan*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - had believed

Word Meanings

• *cheirotonēsantes*: having appointed/having elected (by stretching out the hand)
• *presbyterous kat' ekklēsian*: elders in each church/elders for every church
• *proseuxamenoi meta nēsteiōn*: having prayed with fastings
• *parethento autous tō Kyriō*: committed them to the Lord/entrusted them to the Lord

Referenced Verses

• Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
• Acts 11:30 : 30 which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 20:17 : 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up, and to give [you] the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
• Jas 5:14 : 14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
• 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
• 1 Tim 5:17-19 : 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.
• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
• Acts 13:1-3 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
• Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.
• Acts 15:6 : 6 And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.
• 2 John 1:1 : 1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;
• 3 John 1:1 : 1 The elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Acts 15:23 : 23 and they wrote [thus] by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:
• Acts 14:26 : 26 and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
• Mark 3:14 : 14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
• Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
• 1 Thess 3:12-13 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you; 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.