Acts 14:23
And having appointed for them elders in every church, they commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they believed.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
24And after passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
Cross References
Mark 3:14And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
Acts 1:22beginning from John's immersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.
Acts 13:1AND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 15:4And having come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought with them.
Acts 15:23And they wrote by them thus: The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:
Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the sanctified.
Matthew Henry on Acts 14:20-28
Paul Stoned at Lystra; The Disciples Exhorted and Encouraged; Paul and Barnabas Ordain Elders. 19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. 20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to… Read the whole commentary →