17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Is any sick among you? 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:
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-35)It should seem the ship Paul and his companions were embarked in for Jerusalem attended him on purpose, and staid or moved as he pleased; for when he came to Miletus, he went ashore, and tarried thee so long as to send for the elders of Ephesus to come to him thither; for if he had gone up to Ephesus, he could never have got away from them. These elders, or presbyters, some think, were those twelv…
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