Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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.

Holman Bible

When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

International Standard Version

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

A Conservative Version

And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they believed [and joyfully accepted as the Messiah].

An Understandable Version

And when Paul and Barnabas had appointed elders [for the churches] in every congregation and had prayed and fasted [over these elders], they committed them to [the care of] the Lord, in whom they had come to trust.

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

Common New Testament

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and after they had by prayers and fastings establish'd Pastors for them in every church, they recommended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Darby Translation

And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Godbey New Testament

And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Goodspeed New Testament

They appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

And having chosen them elders in the church, having prayed with fasting, they set them before the Lord, in whom they had believed.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Modern King James verseion

And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And when they had ordained them elders by election in every congregation, after they had prayed and fasted, they commended them to God on whom they believed.

Moffatt New Testament

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Montgomery New Testament

They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

NET Bible

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

New Heart English Bible

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.

Noyes New Testament

And having appointed for them elders in every church, they prayed with fasting, and commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

Moreover, appointing unto them by vote, in each assembly, elders, praying with fastings, they commended them unto the Lord on whom they had believed.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Twentieth Century New Testament

They also appointed Officers for them in every Church, and, after prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had learned to believe.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

And in every Church, after prayer and fasting, they selected Elders by show of hands, and commended them to the Lord on whom their faith rested.

Williams New Testament

They helped them select elders in each church, and after praying and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

World English Bible

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Worrell New Testament

And, having appointed elders for them in every assembly; and, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord on Whom they had believed.

Worsley New Testament

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

Youngs Literal Translation

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

χειροτονέω 
Cheirotoneo 
Usage: 2




Usage: 0
Usage: 0

πρεσβύτερος 
Presbuteros 
Usage: 65

in every
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428

ἐκκλησία 
Ekklesia 
Usage: 93

and had prayed
προσεύχομαι 
Proseuchomai 
Usage: 61

with
μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346

νηστεία 
Nesteia 
Usage: 6

παρατίθημι 
Paratithemi 
Usage: 15

to the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

on
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

Context Readings

Paul And Barnabas Return To Antioch In Syria

22 confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 23 When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. 24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.



Cross References

Titus 1:5

For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou should correct that which is lacking and set in place elders in every city, as I had commanded thee:

Acts 11:30

which they likewise did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 20:32

And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is powerful to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Acts 20:17

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the congregation .

James 5:14

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the congregation ; and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

Mark 3:14

And he established twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit; and having said thus, he gave up the spirit.

Acts 1:22

beginning from the baptism of John unto that same day that he was received on high from among us, that one must be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Acts 13:1-3

Now there were in the congregation that was at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 14:26

and from there sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

Acts 15:4

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all the things that God had done with them.

Acts 15:6

And the apostles and elders came together to consider of this matter.

Acts 15:23

and they wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia;

1 Thessalonians 3:12-13

And the Lord make you to multiply and make charity to abound among you and toward all men, even as it is with us toward you,

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 5:1

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,

1 Timothy 5:17-19

Let the elders that govern well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and doctrine.

1 Timothy 5:22

Lay hands suddenly on no one, neither be partaker of the sins of others; keep thyself pure.

2 Timothy 1:12

For which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

1 Peter 5:1

The elders who are among you I exhort (I am also an elder with them and a witness of the afflictions of the Christ, and also a participant of the glory that shall be revealed).

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus, the Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, he himself perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes you.

2 John 1:1

The elder unto the chosen lady and her sons, whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all those that have known the truth,

3 John 1:1

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

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