Acts 14:23

And they established for them Elders in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

In Context

22confirming the souls of the disciples, and entreating them to persevere in the faith; and they told them, that it was necessary, through much affliction, to enter into the kingdom of God.

24And when they had travelled over the region of Pisidia they came to Pamphylia.

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Cross References

Mark 3:14And he chose twelve to be with him, whom he would send out to preach,

Acts 1:22commencing from the baptism of John, unto the day he was taken up from us, should be, with us, a witness of his resurrection.

Acts 13:1Now there were in the church at Antioch, several prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius who was from the city Cyrene, and Menaen, a son of the guardians of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 15:4And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the Elders, and by the legates; and they recounted all that God had wrought by them.

Acts 15:23And they wrote a letter by them, thus: The legates and Elders and brethren, to them that are in Antioch, and in Syria, and in Cilicia, brethren who are from the Gentiles, greeting:

Acts 20:32And now I commend 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 the saints.

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 →

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