(9) 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.
(9) The apostles committed the churches which they had planted to proper and special pastors, who they appointed not rashly, but with prayers and fastings preceding their choice: neither did they thrust them upon churches through bribery, or lordly superiority, but chose and placed them by the voice of the congregation.