Noun presbyteros (elder) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

15: 2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders (presbyteros)? For they do not wash their hands before they eat."
16: 21From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders (presbyteros) and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
21: 23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
26: 3Then the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
26: 47While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) of the people.
26: 57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders (presbyteros) had gathered.
27: 1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death.
27: 3When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros).
27: 12But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders (presbyteros), he did not answer.
27: 20Now the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
27: 41In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders (presbyteros), were mocking him, saying,
28: 12After the priests had assembled with the elders (presbyteros), they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Mark

7: 3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders (presbyteros);
7: 5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders (presbyteros), but eat with defiled hands?"
8: 31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders (presbyteros), the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
11: 27Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders (presbyteros) came to him
14: 43Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; and with him there was a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders (presbyteros).
14: 53They took Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the elders (presbyteros), and the scribes were assembled.
15: 1As soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders (presbyteros) and scribes and the whole council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Luke

7: 3When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders (presbyteros) to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.
9: 22saying, "The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders (presbyteros), chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
15: 25"Now his elder (presbyteros) son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
20: 1One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders (presbyteros)
22: 52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders (presbyteros) who had come for him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a bandit?

John

8: 9When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders (presbyteros); and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

2: 17'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders (presbyteros) shall dream dreams.
4: 5The next day their rulers, elders (presbyteros), and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
4: 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders (presbyteros),
4: 23After they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) had said to them.
6: 12They stirred up the people as well as the elders (presbyteros) and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council.
11: 30this they did, sending it to the elders (presbyteros) by Barnabas and Saul.
14: 23And after they had appointed elders (presbyteros) for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.
15: 2And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders (presbyteros).
15: 4When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders (presbyteros), and they reported all that God had done with them.
15: 6The apostles and the elders (presbyteros) met together to consider this matter.
15: 22Then the apostles and the elders (presbyteros), with the consent of the whole church, decided to choose men from among their members and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers,
15: 23with the following letter: "The brothers, both the apostles and the elders (presbyteros), to the believers of Gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.
16: 4As they went from town to town, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders (presbyteros) who were in Jerusalem.
20: 17From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders (presbyteros) of the church to meet him.
21: 18The next day Paul went with us to visit James; and all the elders (presbyteros) were present.
23: 14They went to the chief priests and elders (presbyteros) and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.
24: 1Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders (presbyteros) and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, and they reported their case against Paul to the governor.
25: 15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders (presbyteros) of the Jews informed me about him and asked for a sentence against him.

2 John

1: 1The elder (presbyteros) to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

3 John

1: 1The elder (presbyteros) to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.