Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

The elders

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.
Acts 11:30
which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 14:23
And having appointed for them elders in every church, they prayed with fasting, and commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
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 16:4
And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them for their observance the decrees which had been ordained by the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in teaching.
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;
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.
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;
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.