Elders who are among you, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,1 Peter 5:1 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe elders which are among you - In this place the term πρεσβυτεροι, elders or presbyters is the name of an office. They were as pastors or shepherds of the flock of God, the Christian people among whom they lived. They were the same as bishops, presidents, teachers and deacons, Acts 14:23; 1 Timothy 5:17. And that these were the same as bishops the next verse proves.
Who am also an elder - Συμπρεσβυτερος· A fellow elder; one on a level with yourselves. Had he been what the popes of Rome say he was - the prince of the apostles; and head of the Church, and what they affect to be - mighty secular lords, binding the kings of the earth in chains, and their nobles in fetters of iron; could he have spoken of himself as he here does? It is true that the Roman pontiffs, in all their bulls, each style themselves servus servorum Dei, servant of the servants of God, while each affects to be rex regum, king of kings, and vicar of Jesus Christ. But the popes and the Scriptures never agree.
A witness of the sufferings of Christ - He was with Christ in the garden; he was with him when he was apprehended. and he was with him in the high priest's hall. Whether he followed him to the cross we know not; probably he did not, for in the hall of the high priest he had denied him most shamefully; and, having been deeply convinced of the greatness of his crime, it is likely he withdrew to some private place, to humble himself before God, and to implore mercy. He could, however, with the strictest propriety, say, from the above circumstances, that he was a witness of the sufferings of Christ.
A partaker of the glory - He had a right to it through the blood of the Lamb; he had a blessed anticipation of it by the power of the Holy Ghost; and he had the promise from his Lord and Master that he should be with him in heaven, to behold his glory; John 17:21, John 17:24.
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elders.
Acts 11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord...
Acts 15:4,6,22,23 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders...
Acts 20:17,28 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church...
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Acts 21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
1 Timothy 5:1,19 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brothers...
Titus 1:5 For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city...
who.
Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
3 John 1:1 The elder to the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
also. [Sumpresbuteros,] a fellow-elder, one on a level with yourselves.
and a.
1 Peter 1:12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things...
Luke 24:48 And you are witnesses of these things.
John 15:26,27 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father...
Acts 1:8,22 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem...
Acts 2:32 This Jesus has God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 5:30-32 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree...
Acts 10:39-41 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree...
a partaker.
1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Psalm 73:24,25 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory...
Romans 8:17,18 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him...
2 Corinthians 5:1,8 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands...
Philippians 1:19,21-23 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ...
Colossians 3:3,4 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God...
2 Timothy 4:8 From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day...
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear...
Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ...
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