Acts 14:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in 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 Titus’ Task on Crete The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
• Acts 11:30 : 30 They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 20:17 : 17 From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• Jas 5:14 : 14 Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
• 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Instructions about Specific Groups Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,
• 1 Tim 5:17-19 : 17 Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching. 18 For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.” 19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
• Acts 13:1-3 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul. 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.
• Acts 15:4 : 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.
• Acts 15:6 : 6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.
• 2 John 1:1 : 1 ¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth(and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth),
• 3 John 1:1 : 1 ¶ Introduction and Thanksgiving From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And what you heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.
• Acts 15:23 : 23 They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!
• Acts 14:26 : 26 From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
• Mark 3:14 : 14 He appointed twelve(whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach
• Luke 23:46 : 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
• 1 Thess 3:12-13 : 12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, 13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.