Acts 14:23
When they had appointed elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
Cross References
Mark 3:14And he appointed twelve, designating them apostles, and that he might send them out to preach,
Acts 1:22beginning 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."
Acts 13:1Now in the church 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.
Acts 15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
Acts 15:23They 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 20:32Now 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.
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 →