Lexicon :: Strong's G4245 - presbyteros

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”[fn]

From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.

When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? ”

Then the chief priests[fn] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put him to death.

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

While he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he didn’t answer.

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders,[fn] mocked him and said,

After the priests[fn] had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders.

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live[fn] according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[fn] hands? ”

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes assembled.

As soon as it was morning, having held a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, the chief priests tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, requesting him to come and save the life of his servant.

saying, “It is necessary that the Son of Man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?[fn]

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.

“And it will be in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:[fn]

After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe.

Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Five days later Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

“When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case and asked that he be condemned.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

The elders who are good leaders are to be considered worthy of double honor,[fn] especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town.

For by this our ancestors were approved.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.