Haller's Concordance: ANCIENTS
- So he went up, and there went with him all the ancients of Pharao's house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. Gen. 50:7
- Go and gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you; and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt. Ex. 3:16
- And they shall hear thy voice; and thou shalt go in, thou and the ancients of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews hath called us; we will go three days' journey into the wilderness, to sacrifice unto the Lord our God. Ex. 3:18
- And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel. Ex. 4:29
- And Moses called all the ancients of the children of Israel, and said to them: Go take a lamb by your families, and sacrifice the Phase. Ex. 12:21
- And the Lord said to Moses: Go before the people, and take with thee of the ancients of Israel: and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river, and go. Ex. 17:5
- Behold I will stand there before thee, upon the rock Horeb, and thou shalt strike the rock, and water shall come out of it that the people may drink. Moses did so before the ancients of Israel: Ex. 17:6
- So Jethro, the kinsman of Moses, offered holocausts and sacrifices to God: and Aaron and all the ancients of Israel came, to eat bread with him before God. Ex. 18:12
- ¤ And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off. Ex. 24:1
- Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up: Ex. 24:9
- Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them. Ex. 24:14
- And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord: Lev. 4:15
- ¤ And when the eighth day was come, Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the ancients of Israel, and said to Aaron: Lev. 9:1
- And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee, Num. 11:16
- Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle. Num. 11:24
- And Moses returned, with the ancients of Israel, into the camp. Num. 11:30
- And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancients of Israel following him, Num. 16:25
- And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac: Num. 22:7
- The ancients of his city shall send, and take him out of the place of refuge, and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die. Dt. 19:12
- Thy ancients and judges shall go out, and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about: Dt. 21:2
- And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground, Dt. 21:3
- And the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain, and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley, Dt. 21:6
- They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of his city, and to the gate of judgment, Dt. 21:19
- Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate: Dt. 22:15
- He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city: Dt. 22:17
- And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him, Dt. 22:18
- But if he will not take his brother's wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel: and will not take me to wife. Dt. 25:7
- The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house: Dt. 25:9
- ¤ And Moses with the ancients of Israel commanded the people, saying: Keep every commandment that I command you this day. Dt. 27:1
- A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant, Dt. 28:50
- You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel, Dt. 29:10
- And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the ancients of Israel. Dt. 31:9
- Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them. Dt. 31:28
- But Josue rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground, before the ark of the Lord, until the evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel: and they put dust upon their heads. Josu. 7:6
- And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the aid of the fighting men. Josu. 8:10
- And all the people, and the ancients, and the princes, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark, before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, both the stranger and he that was born among them, half of them by Mount Garizim, and half by Mount Hebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord, had commanded. And first he blessed the people of Israel. Josu. 8:33
- And our ancients, and all the inhabitants of our country, said to us: Take with you victuals for a long way, and go meet them, and say: We are your servants, make ye a league with us. Josu. 9:11
- And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in. Josu. 20:4
- ¤ And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem, and called for the ancients, and the princes and the judges, and the masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord: Josu. 24:1
- And Israel served the Lord all the days of Josue, and of the ancients that lived a long time after Josue, and that had known all the works of the Lord which he had done in Israel. Josu. 24:31
- And they served the Lord all his days, and the days of the ancients, that lived a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel. Judg. 2:7
- He took a boy of the men of Soccoth: and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of Soccoth, and he described unto him seventy-seven men. Judg. 8:14
- So he took the ancients of the city, and thorns and briers of the desert, and tore them with the same, and cut in pieces the men of Soccoth. Judg. 8:16
- And as they pressed hard upon them, the ancients of Galaad went to fetch Jephte out of the land of Tob to help them: Judg. 11:5
- And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead. Judg. 21:16
- And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here. Ruth 4:2
- I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it, and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field. Ruth 4:4
- And he said to the ancients, and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi: Ruth 4:9
- Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: Ruth 4:11
- And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies. 1 Ki. 4:3
- Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha. 1 Ki. 8:4
- And the ancients of Jabes said to him: Allow us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the coasts of Israel: and if there be no one to defend us, we will come out to thee. 1 Ki. 11:3
- Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God. 1 Ki. 15:30
- Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable? 1 Ki. 16:4
- Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda, his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord. 1 Ki. 30:26
- Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you. 2 Ki. 3:17
- The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel. 2 Ki. 5:3
- And the ancients of his house came, to make him rise from the ground: but he would not, neither did he eat meat with them. 2 Ki. 12:17
- And his saying pleased Absalom, and all the ancients of Israel. 2 Ki. 17:4
- And Chusai said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests: Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Absalom, and the ancients of Israel: and thus and thus did I counsel them. 2 Ki. 17:15
- And king David sent to Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, saying: Speak to the ancients of Juda, saying: Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? (For the talk of all Israel was come to the king in his house.) 2 Ki. 19:11
- ¤ Then all the ancients of Israel, with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel, were assembled to king Solomon, in Jerusalem: that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion. 3 Ki. 8:1
- And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark, 3 Ki. 8:3
- And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay. 3 Ki. 20:7
- And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him. 3 Ki. 20:8
- So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. 3 Ki. 21:8
- And the men of his city, the ancients and nobles, that dwelt with him in the city, did as Jezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them; 3 Ki. 21:11
- But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master's feet is behind him. 4 Ki. 6:32
- ¤ And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria: so Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the chief men of the city, and to the ancients, and to them that brought up Achab's children, saying: 4 Ki. 10:1
- Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee. 4 Ki. 10:5
- And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and the ancients of the priests, covered with sackcloths, to Isaias, the prophet, the son of Amos. 4 Ki. 19:2
- ¤ And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him. 4 Ki. 23:1
- So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel. 1 Par. 11:3
- So David and all the ancients of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy. 1 Par. 15:25
- And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground. 1 Par. 21:16
- And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients. 1 Par. 26:15
- And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion. 2 Par. 5:2
- And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark, 2 Par. 5:4
- He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people? 2 Par. 10:6
- But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train. 2 Par. 10:8
- And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients. 2 Par. 10:13
- And he called together all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem. 2 Par. 34:29
- But many of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers and the ancients that had seen the former temple; when they had the foundation of this temple before their eyes, wept with a loud voice: and many shouting for joy, lifted up their voice. 1 Esd. 3:12
- But the eye of their God was upon the ancients of the Jews, and they could not hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be referred to Darius, and then they should give satisfaction concerning that accusation. 1 Esd. 5:5
- And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls? 1 Esd. 5:9
- And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place. 1 Esd. 6:7
- I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered. 1 Esd. 6:8
- And the ancients of the Jews built, and prospered according to the prophecy of Aggeus the prophet, and of Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built and finished, by the commandment of the God of Israel, and by the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes kings of the Persians. 1 Esd. 6:14
- And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the ancients, all his substance should be taken away, and he should be cast out of the company of them that were returned from captivity. 1 Esd. 10:8
- Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin. 1 Esd. 10:14
- And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel: Jud. 2:2
- And Achior related in the midst of the ancients, and in the presence of all the people, all that he had said being asked by Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for this word, Jud. 6:12
- And all the ancients were invited, and they refreshed themselves together after their fast was over. Jud. 6:20
- When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would deliver up the city after the fifth day, she sent to the ancients Chabri and Charmi. Jud. 8:9
- And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly. Jud. 8:21
- And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast spoken are true, and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words. Jud. 8:28
- And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and the ancients of the city waiting. Jud. 10:6
- And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city. Jud. 13:14
- And Joachim the high priest came from Jerusalem to Bethulia with all his ancients to see Judith. Jud. 15:9
- They that are aged are not the wise men, neither do the ancients understand judgment. Job 32:9
- That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom. Ps. 105:22
- And let them exalt him in the church of the people: and praise him in the chair of the ancients. Ps. 107:32
- I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments. Ps. 119:100
- For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young: Wis. 8:10
- Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee. Sir. 6:35
- Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer. Sir. 7:15
- Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have learned of their fathers: Sir. 8:11
- Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but the word of the ancients for the sense. Sir. 9:24
- O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! Sir. 25:6
- In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. Sir. 32:13
- ¤ The wise man will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets. Sir. 39:1
- The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and its princes: for you have devoured the vineyard, and the spoil of the poor is in your house. Isa. 3:14
- And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients. Isa. 24:23
- And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the prophet. Isa. 37:2
- ¤ Thus saith the Lord: Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests: Jer. 19:1
- And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying: Jer. 26:17
- ¤ Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremias the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the ancients that were carried into captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: Jer. 29:1
- Coph. I called for my friends, but they deceived me: my priests and my ancients pined away in the city: while they sought their food, to relieve their souls. Lam. 1:19
- Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. Lam. 2:10
- The princes were hanged up by their hand: they did not respect the persons of the ancients. Lam. 5:12
- The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers. Lam. 5:14
- And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi. Bar. 1:4
- Trouble shall come upon trouble, and rumour upon rumour, and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Ezec. 7:26
- ¤ And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the ancients of Juda sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. Ezec. 8:1
- And seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and Jezonias the son of Saaphan stood in the midst of them, that stood before the pictures: and every one had a censer in his hand: and a cloud of smoke went up from the incense. Ezec. 8:11
- And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth. Ezec. 8:12
- ¤ And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat before me. Ezec. 14:1
- ¤ And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month: there came men of the ancients of Israel to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me. Ezec. 20:1
- Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not answer you, saith the Lord God. Ezec. 20:3
- The ancients of Gebal, and the wise men thereof furnished mariners for the service of thy various furniture: all the ships of the sea, and their mariners were thy factors. Ezec. 27:9
- And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year, of whom the Lord said: That iniquity came out from Babylon, from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people. Dan. 13:5
- Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly, gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God: and cry ye to the Lord: Joel 1:14
- Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber. Joel 2:16
- And the princes, and the ancients mourned, and the virgins and the young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed. 1 Ma. 1:27
- But when Jonathan heard this, he bade them besiege it still: and he chose some of the ancients of Israel, and of the priests, and put himself in danger 1 Ma. 11:23
- Jonathan, the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting. 1 Ma. 12:6
- And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people; and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea, 1 Ma. 12:35
- King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting: 1 Ma. 13:36
- The princes and the cities of the Spartans, to Simon, the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, their brethren, greeting. 1 Ma. 14:20
- In a great assembly of the priests, and of the people, and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the country, these things were notified: Forasmuch as there have often been wars in our country, 1 Ma. 14:28
- And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him. 2 Ma. 4:44
- But he, with the ancients, determined before the king should bring his army into Judea, and make himself master of the city, to go out, and to commit the event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord. 2 Ma. 13:13
- Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his kindness was called the father of the Jews. 2 Ma. 14:37
- Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Mt. 15:2
- From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again. Mt. 16:21
- And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority? Mt. 21:23
- Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the people, into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas: Mt. 26:3
- As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. Mt. 26:47
- But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled. Mt. 26:57
- ¤ And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death. Mt. 27:1
- Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients, Mt. 27:3
- And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing. Mt. 27:12
- But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they should ask Barabbas and make Jesus away. Mt. 27:20
- In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking said: Mt. 27:41
- And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, Mt. 28:12
- For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients. Mk. 7:3
- And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands? Mk. 7:5
- And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again. Mk. 8:31
- Saying: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and ancients. And they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles. Mk. 10:33
- And they come again to Jerusalem. And when he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. Mk. 11:27
- And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. Mk. 14:43
- And they brought Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. Mk. 14:53
- ¤ And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate. Mk. 15:1
- And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant. Lk. 7:3
- Saying: The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the ancients and chief priests and scribes and be killed and the third day rise again. Lk. 9:22
- ¤ And it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, with the ancients, met together, Lk. 20:1
- And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs? Lk. 22:52
- And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying: Lk. 22:66
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem. Acts 4:5
- Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear. Acts 4:8
- And being let go, they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them. Acts 4:23
- Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council and all the ancients of the children of Israel: and they sent to the prison to have them brought. Acts 5:21
- And they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes. And running together, they took him and brought him to the council. Acts 6:12
- Which also they did, sending it to the ancients, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Acts 11:30
- And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and by the apostles and ancients, declaring how great things God had done with them. Acts 15:4
- And the apostles and ancients assembled to consider of this matter. Acts 15:6
- Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company and to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren. Acts 15:22
- Writing by their hands: The apostles and ancients, brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles that are at Antioch and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting. Acts 15:23
- And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients. Acts 15:41
- And as they passed through the cities, they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that were decreed by the apostles and ancients who were at Jerusalem. Acts 16:4
- And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church. Acts 20:17
- And the day following, Paul went in with us unto James: and all the ancients were assembled. Acts 21:18
- As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished. Acts 22:5
- Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul. Acts 23:14
- ¤ And after five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with some ancients and one Tertullus, an orator, who went to the governor against Paul. Acts 24:1
- About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the ancients of the Jews came unto me, desiring condemnation against him. Acts 25:15
- For by this the ancients obtained a testimony. Heb. 11:2
- ¤ The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: 1 Pet. 5:1
- In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. 1 Pet. 5:5
- And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments. And on their heads were crowns of gold. Apoc. 4:4
- The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on the throne and adored him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: Apoc. 4:10
- And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals thereof. Apoc. 5:5
- And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing, as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. Apoc. 5:6
- And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. Apoc. 5:8
- And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the ancients (and the number of them was thousands of thousands), Apoc. 5:11
- And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty ancients fell down on their faces and adored him that liveth for ever and ever. Apoc. 5:14
- And all the angels stood round about the throne and the ancients and the four living creatures. And they fell down before the throne upon their faces and adored God, Apoc. 7:11
- And one of the ancients answered and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? And whence came they? Apoc. 7:13
- And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, Apoc. 11:16
- And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne and before the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased from the earth. Apoc. 14:3
- And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen. Alleluia. Apoc. 19:4
- Then we asked the ancients saying, by whose permission build ye this house, & found these workes? 3 Esd. 6:11
- that whosoeuer shal not appeare with in two or three dayes, according to the iudgement of the ancients sitting vpon it, their goods should be taken away, and himselfe should be iudged an alien from the multitude of the captiuitie. 3 Esd. 9:4