^14:23When they had appointed elders⁷⁴ for them in the various churches,⁷⁵ with prayer and fasting⁷⁶ they entrusted them to the protection⁷⁷ of the Lord in whom they had believed.

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Footnotes

74 Appointed elders. See Acts 20:17.
75 The preposition κατά (kata) is used here in a distributive sense; see κατά B.1.d.
76 Literally with a finite verb (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi) rather than a noun, “praying with fasting,” but the combination “prayer and fasting” is so familiar in English that it is preferable to use it here.
77 παρατίθημι 3.b has “entrust someone to the care or protection of someone” for this phrase. The reference to persecution or suffering in the context (v. 22) suggests “protection” is a better translation here. This looks at God’s ultimate care for the church.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church. With prayer and fasting, they turned the elders over to the care of the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, after praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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