Verse 23

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

Referenced Verses

  • Titus 1:5 : 5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 20:17 : 17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
  • Jas 5:14 : 14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
  • 1 Tim 5:17-19 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain." And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages." 19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
  • Acts 13:1-3 : 1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which 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 When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
  • Acts 15:6 : 6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
  • 2 John 1:1 : 1 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
  • 3 John 1:1 : 1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 They wrote these things by their hand: "The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
  • Acts 14:26 : 26 From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
  • Mark 3:14 : 14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must 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 blameless 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 you in every good work and word.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this cause I also suffer 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 to him against that day.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.