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16 “Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, “I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.

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16 “Go, assemble the elders(A) of Israel and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(B)—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen(C) what has been done to you in Egypt.

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what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Hebrew what is man that you should think of him, / the son of man that you should care for him?

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

31 Then the people of Israel were convinced that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

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31 and they believed.(A) And when they heard that the Lord was concerned(B) about them and had seen their misery,(C) they bowed down and worshiped.(D)

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29 Then Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt and called all the elders of Israel together.

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29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders(A) of the Israelites,

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24 “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die.(A) But God will surely come to your aid(B) and take you up out of this land to the land(C) he promised on oath to Abraham,(D) Isaac(E) and Jacob.”(F)

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14 Peter[a] has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:14 Greek Simeon.

14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:14 Greek Simeon, a variant of Simon; that is, Peter

Advice for Elders and Young Men

And now, a word to you who are elders in the churches. I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you:

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To the Elders and the Flock

To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C)

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12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 Or on the day of visitation.

12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.

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For in one place the Scriptures say,

“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    or a son of man[a] that you should care for him?
Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Or the Son of Man.
  2. 2:7 Some manuscripts add You gave them charge of everything you made.

But there is a place where someone(A) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(B)
You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while

17 But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him.

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17 From Miletus,(A) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders(B) of the church.

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30 This they did, entrusting their gifts to Barnabas and Saul to take to the elders of the church in Jerusalem.

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30 This they did, sending their gift to the elders(A) by Barnabas(B) and Saul.(C)

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44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:44 Greek did not recognize the time of your visitation, a reference to the Messiah’s coming.

44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(A) They will not leave one stone on another,(B) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(C) to you.”

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68 “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has visited and redeemed his people.

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68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,(A)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.(B)

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