'Elders' in the Bible
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council,
which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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.
And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.
And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider of this matter.
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely , Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:
And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me , asking for sentence against him.