Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 20 Bible Verses About Ordaining An Elder
In some Christian traditions (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Methodism) an elder is an ordained person who usually serves a local church and who has been ordained to a ministry of word, sacrament and order, filling the preaching and pastoral offices. Here are our top 20 Bible verses about ordaining an Elder and Elders in the Bible.
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And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
- Revelation 19:4
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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.
- Matthew 16:21
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Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:9
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And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Revelation 5:5
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
- Acts 4:8
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And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
- 1 Kings 8:3
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So I thought I would tell you of it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.”
- Ruth 4:4
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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?
- Luke 22:52
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Thus says the LORD, “Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
- Jeremiah 19:1
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When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
- Luke 7:3
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Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, for the LORD of hosts reigns on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and his glory will be before his elders.
- Isaiah 24:23
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Disaster comes upon disaster; rumor follows rumor. They seek a vision from the prophet, while the law perishes from the priest and counsel from the elders.
- Ezekiel 7:26
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One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
- Luke 20:1
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Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.
- Proverbs 31:23
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Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
- 1 Timothy 5:17
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.”
- Judges 11:10
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to bind his princes at his pleasure and to teach his elders wisdom.
- Psalm 105:22
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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 had believed.
- Acts 14:23
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Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
- 1 Timothy 4:14
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Is anyone 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.
- James 5:14
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