Acts 14:23
And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
24And passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
Cross References
Mark 3:14and He appointed twelve to be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach the gospel,
Acts 1:22from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be joined with us as a witness of his resurrection.
Acts 13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen who had been educated with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul;
Acts 15:4And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by them.
Acts 15:23and they wrote by their hand, as follows, The apostles and elders and brethren here to the Gentile brethren which are in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, send greeting.
Acts 20:32And now, my brethren, I recommend you to God, and to the word of his grace: who is able to edify you, and to give you an inheritance among all that 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 →