Acts 20:17

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Summary

Acts 20:17

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

The elders

Bible References

The elders

Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.

Which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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

And having arrived at Jerusalem they were received by the church, and the sent and elders, and they announced what God did with them.

And as they were going through the cities, they delivered them the orders to watch, having been determined by the sent and the elders in Jerusalem.

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine.

For this I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest rectify things left behind, and set elders in the city, as I directed thee:

Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord:

The elders among you I beseech, a fellow elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a participator of the glory which is about to be revealed:

The elder to the chosen mistress in truth; (and not I only, but also all and to her children, whom I love they having known the truth;)

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