Acts 14:23
When they had appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord into whom they had believed.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
24After going through Pisidia, they came to Pamphilia.
Cross References
Mark 3:14He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach
Acts 1:22beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
Acts 13:1Now in the congregation that was in Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (the one called Niger), Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
Acts 15:4Upon arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:23They wrote by their hand the following: “The apostles and the elders and the brothers, to the Gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.
Acts 20:32“And so now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to 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 →