Acts 14:23
And having chosen elders for them in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
24And having crossed Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
Cross References
Mark 3:14And He appointed twelve, so that they might be with Him, and so that He might send them out to preach,
Acts 1:22beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Acts 13:1Now there were some in the church being in Antioch who were prophets and teachers: both Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 15:4And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:23Writing by their hand these things: The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia who are of the Gentiles: Greetings.
Acts 20:32“So for the present, I entrust you, brothers, to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who have been 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 →