'Elders' in the Bible
The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, told them, "Rulers and elders of the people!
After they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and told them everything the high priests and the elders had said.
After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. Then they rushed at Stephen, grabbed him, and brought him before the Council.
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.
Paul and Barnabas had quite a dispute and argument with them. So Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.
When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done through them.
So the apostles and the elders met to look into this claim.
Then the apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their men to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers.
They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for them to obey.
From Miletus he sent messengers to Ephesus to ask the elders of the church to meet with him.
The next day, Paul went with us to visit James, and all the elders were present.
as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.
They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.
Five days later, the high priest Ananias arrived with certain elders and Tertullus, an attorney, and they summarized their case against Paul before the governor.
When I went to Jerusalem, the high priests and the Jewish elders informed me about him and asked me to condemn him.