Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that it is through many afflictions that we mast enter into the kingdom of God. 23 And having appointed for them elders in every church, they prayed with fasting, and commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed. 24 And having gone through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia;



Cross References

Titus 1:5

For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed thee;

Acts 11:30

which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 20:32

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

Acts 20:17

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

James 5:14

Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

Mark 3:14

And he appointed twelve to be with him, and whom he might send forth to preach,

Luke 23:46

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit! And having said this, he expired.

Acts 1:22

from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

Acts 13:1-3

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 14:26

and thence set sail for Antioch, whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

Acts 15:4

And having come to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they related what great things God had wrought with them.

Acts 15:6

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

Acts 15:23

And they wrote by them, "The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from the gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting.

1 Thessalonians 3:12-13

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we do in love toward you;

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, our Father, who loved us, and gave us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren;

1 Timothy 5:17-19

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in teaching.

1 Timothy 5:22

Lay hands hastily on no one, neither share in other mens sins. Keep thyself pure.

2 Timothy 1:12

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

2 Timothy 2:2

and the things which thou didst hear from me before many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, such as will be able to teach others also.

1 Peter 5:1

The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellowelder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed;

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who called you to his everlasting glory in Christ Jesus, will, after ye have suffered a while, himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect Cyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all that know the truth,

3 John 1:1

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

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