Ordained them elders; set apart persons to take the care, oversight, and instruction of the churches. Churches need officers to take the oversight of them, to instruct them, and labor for their spiritual good; and it is proper that they should be set apart to this work, that the influences of the Holy Spirit should be sought for them, and they be particularly commended to his gracious guidance and care.
Verse Acts 14:23. _WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS_] _Elder_ seems to be here the name of an _office_. These were all _young_ or _new converts_, and yet among _them_ the apostles constitute _elder...
AND WIDEN THEY HAD ORDAINED - χειροτονήσαντες cheirotonēsantes. The word “ordain” we now use in an ecclesiastical sense, to denote “a setting apart to an office by the imposition of hands.” But it i...
CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The work in Iconium and the persecution of the Apostles (Acts 14:1)._ 2. In Derbe and Lystra; the Impotent Man healed (Acts 14:7). 3. The Stoning of Paul and further ministries (Act...
CLOSE OF THE FIRST TOUR. The places already visited are now taken in the reverse order, but no further information is given about them. Acts 14:23. An appointment of elders is made (_cf._ Titus 1:5) i...
ON TO ICONIUM (Acts 14:1-7)...
When they had preached the good news to that city and had made a considerable number of disciples they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. As they went they strengthened the souls of the...
WHEN THEY HAD. having. ORDAINED. chosen. Greek. _cheirotoneo._ Only here and 2 Corinthians 8:19. ELDERS. App-189. Compare Titus 1:5. CHURCH. App-186. AND HAD PRAYED. having prayed. Greek. _proseuc...
_elders in every church_ i.e. men who should have the oversight, and care for the growth, of these infant Churches. _and had prayed with fasting_ using the same solemn service at the dedication of th...
ΚΑΤ' ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΝ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥΣ with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘per singulas ecclesias presbyteros.’ 23. ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ, _having ordained_. The word is found elsewhere in N.T. only in 2 Corinthians 8:19. It is used...
CHANGE OF FEELING IN THE MULTITUDE. PAUL IS STONED. THE APOSTLES VISIT DERBE, AND THEN RETURN, BY THE ROUTE BY WHICH THEY CAME, TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA...
_PAUL AND BARNABAS RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA ACTS 14:21-28:_ Paul and Barnabas shared salvation through Jesus every where they went. Their preaching brought many to the faith of Christ. They return t...
ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΈΩ (G5500) выбирать, указав рукой; назначать. Здесь выбирают Павел и Варнава (Haenchen). ΚΑΤ' ΈΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΝ (G2596; G1577) от церкви к церкви. Предложное соче...
WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS— Though the word χειροτονειν, rendered _ordain,_ was originally used by the Greeks in a peculiar sense, to _stretch out,_ or _lift up the hand,_ as the people did wh...
LYSTRA, 11. ICONIUM, 12. ANTIOCH. Acts 14:21 b - Acts 14:23. Acts 14:21 b they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, Act
23. They were left as "sheep in the midst of wolves;" but they were committed to the care of the great Shepherd of the sheep, and were supplied with under-shepherds to keep them in the fold. (23) "_An...
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. AND WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS, [ Cheirotoneesan...
6 Lystra seems to be the first place Paul preached without first proclaiming to the Jews in the synagogue, for it seems that there were not enough Jews to have a place of worship. Hence this is the fi...
ELDERS] lit. 'presbyters.' We have a right to infer from this passage that wherever the apostles established a church, they established also a definite ministry. Presbyters only are mentioned, but it...
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-7. Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. The gospel meets with great success among both Jews and Gentiles in this populous city, and miracles are wrought in confirmatio...
'VISIT TO DERBE, AND RETURN JOURNEY TO ANTIOCH OF SYRIA. Derbe, or Claudio-Derbe, where the work of the apostles seems to have been very successful, was a small Lycaonian town on the extreme boundary...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 PAUL AND BARNABAS IN ICONIUM, 14:1-7 V1 What happened in Pisidian Antioch also happened in Iconium. Paul and Barnabas went to the *synagogue...
AND WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS. — The word for “ordained” occurs in the New Testament here and in 2 Corinthians 8:19, where it is translated “chosen,” and certainly seems to imply popular elec...
χειροτονήσαντες δὲ αὐτοῖς πρεσβ., see above, Acts 10:41, where the compound verb is used, “chosen of God,” ὑπὸ Θ. The simple verb is only used here and in 2 Corinthians 8:19 : lit [273], to elect by p...
ESTABLISHING THE NEW BELIEVERS Acts 14:14-28 In Paul's address we have distinct anticipations of the early Chapter s of the Epistle to the Romans. How fickle a mob is! Now, enthusiastic loyalty; aga...
In Iconium there was largely a repetition of the experiences at Antioch. Becoming aware of the growing hostility, Paul and Barnabas passed on, and came to Lystra. There is a marked difference between...
Though Stoned, Paul Continues Preaching! The hostile Jews from Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium soon came to Lystra and persuaded the people to stone Paul. They dragged his seemingly lifeless body outsi...
(9) 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. (9) The apostles committed the churches which they had...
_“Electing unto them elders in every church.”_ Here is another case where the E. V. inserts _“ordaining”_ in order to sustain the authority of the Episcopal Church, of which the translators were membe...
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. (20) Howbeit, as the disciples st...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
− 23._When they had ordained elders. _By this it appeareth sufficiently, that it is not enough if men have been once taught the doctrine of godliness, and to have [hold] the sum of faith, unless they...
Their missionary labours continue in Iconium with the same opposition from the Jews who, incapable themselves of the work, stir up the Gentiles against those who are performing it. As long as it was o...
AND WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH,.... As soon as ever any number of disciples were made, or souls were converted to Christ in any place, they were at once formed, by the apostles...
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. Ver. 23. _Ordained them elders_] Giving their votes by lif...
_And when they had ordained elders_ Or, _presbyters_, termed επισκοπους, _bishops_, or _overseers, Acts 20:28_; _in every church_ Out of those who were themselves but lately converted. So soon can God...
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. The news of that strange happening, in which men had almost...
THE RETURN JOURNEY TO SYRIA. Mob violence in Lystra and the Gospel in Derbe:...
Iconium was also in Asia Minor: here they entered the synagogue and the Spirit of God gave them grace to so speak as to vitally influence a great number, both of Jews and Gentiles, to believe the gosp...
SO WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH, AND PRAYED WITH FASTING, THEY COMMENDED THEM TO THE LORD IN WHOM THEY HAD BELIEVED. 1. IMPORTANT: These early churches needed leadership. Paul and B...
"Appointed elders" The qualifications are given in 1 Timothy 3:1 ff and Titus 1:5 ff. One of the ways that Christians can be better prepared to face persecution is to be in. congregation that is sheph...
19-28 See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul, in a popular tumult. So strong is the bent of the corrupt and carnal heart, that as it is with gr...
ORDAINED; the word properly signifies a stretching out of the hand, such as was used when they gave their suffrages in the election of their magistrates, whereby was showed for whom they gave their vo...
23. They were left as "sheep in the midst of wolves;" but they were committed to the care of the great Shepherd of the sheep, and were supplied with under-shepherds to keep them in the fold. (23) " An...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI Such an one is in reality a presbyter of the Church, and a true minister (deacon) of the will of God, if he do and teach what is the Lord's; not as being ordain...
Acts 14:23 So G1161 appointed G5500 (G5660) G846 elders G4245 every G2596 church G1577 prayed G4336 ...
FURTHER MINISTRY AND FOLLOW UP AND BACK TO SYRIAN ANTIOCH (14:20B-28). Recognising that their continued presence in Lystra would not be for the good of the infant church, and that they must let passi...
‘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 they arrived back in those unwelcoming...
Acts 14:23. AND WHEN THEY HAD ORDAINED THEM ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH. This is rendered more accurately, ‘And when they had appointed for them elders,' etc. There is some doubt here as to whether the Gre...
AND WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED FOR THEM ELDERS IN EVERY CHURCH (χειροτονησαντες δε αυτοις κατ' εκκλησιαν πρεσβυτερους). They needed also some form of organization, though already churches. Note distrib...
ORDAINED (Greek, "cheirotoneō", to designate by stretching out (or pointing with) the hand)....
CONTENTS: Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches. CHARACTERS: God, Paul, Barnabas, impotent man, priest of Jupit...
Acts 14:1. _It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the jews._ St. Luke makes here a great leap, and is very laconic, merely naming Perga and Attalia. This great...
THEN THEY WENT BACK TO LYSTRA. The Jewish leaders may have been "chasing after" Paul in other cities, so while they were away, he can return to strengthen the believers. We would expect him to "organi...
_And there came thither certain Jews … Who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city._ THE FICKLENESS OF THE LYSTRIANS It would not be difficult to find a parallel to th...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:23 Paul’s churches followed the synagogue pattern of leadership by ELDERS. The language here indicates several elders in every church (see also, e.g., Acts 11:30
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 14:8 Lystra was populated mainly by Gentiles and had no synagogue. The ministry of Paul and Barnabas there centered around the healing of a lame man. ⇐...
_HOMILETICAL ANALYSIS_.—_Acts 14:20_ The Homeward Journey of Paul and Barnabas; or, Back to Antioch in Syria I. THE TURNING POINT.—Derbe (see on Acts 14:6). 1. The _character_ of the apostles’ work...
EXPOSITION ACTS 14:1 _Entered _for _went both, _A.V.; _Jews _for _the Jews, _A.V.; _and _for _and also, _A.V.; Greeks for _the Greeks, _A.V. Observe how in every case Greeks are found attending the s...
Paul and Barnabas, in carrying the Gospel, have come into the uncharted territories as far as the Gospel is concerned into Asia Minor. They came from Cyprus to the area that is now known as Turkey. Th...
1 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:13;...
Ordained [χ ε ι ρ ο τ ο ν η σ α ν τ ε ς]. Only here and 2 Corinthians 8:19. Rev., more correctly, appointed. The meaning ordain is later. See on ch. Acts 10:41. Elders [π ρ ε σ β υ τ ε π ο υ ς]. For t...
When they had ordained them presbyters in every Church — Out of those who were themselves but newly converted. So soon can God enable even a babe in Christ to build up others in the common faith: they...
Here we have two farther instances and evidences of the apostles' care of these new-planted churches; and the first was, to settle them in church order, ordaining elders in every church, to be the gui...