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The Tradition of the Elders
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
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“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
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The Authority of Jesus Questioned
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
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Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Ca′iaphas,
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The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
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Jesus before the High Priest
Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Ca′iaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
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Jesus Brought before Pilate
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death;
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The Suicide of Judas
When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
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But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.
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Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people to ask for Barab′bas and destroy Jesus.
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So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,
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And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers
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The Tradition of the Elders
Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;
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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?”
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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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Jesus’ Authority Is Questioned
And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,
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The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
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Jesus before the Council
And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled.
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Jesus before Pilate
And as soon as it was morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
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When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave.
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saying, “The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
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The Authority of Jesus Questioned
One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
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Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
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Jesus before the Council
When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away to their council, and they said,
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On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
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The Believers Pray for Boldness
When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
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And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,
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and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
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And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
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When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
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The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsab′bas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
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with the following letter: “The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cili′cia, greeting.
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As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
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Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders
And from Mile′tus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.
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On the following day Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
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as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
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And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
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Paul before Felix at Caesarea
And after five days the high priest Anani′as came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertul′lus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul;
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and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him, asking for sentence against him.
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Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you.
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Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;
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Titus in Crete
This is why I left you in Crete, that you might amend what was defective, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you,
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Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;
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Tending the Flock of God
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.
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Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clad in white garments, with golden crowns upon their heads.
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the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,
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Then one of the elders said to me, “Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth;
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And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints;
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Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
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And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
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And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
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Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and whence have they come?”
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And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
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and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
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And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
