They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:

When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.

In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.