Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'elders' occurs 274 times in the standard works.

65 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'elders' in the standard works and contain 23.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:63-70 (8 in 8 verses)

Judg. 11:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Deut. 22:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 77:5 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 20:81-82 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 25:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 50:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 6:32 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 107:89 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 108:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 17:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 11:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 21:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 20:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 6:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 15:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:80-81 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 57:16-58:1 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 61:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 124:139-140 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 119 0 119
NT 60 0 60
Matt. 13 0 13
Mark 7 0 7
Luke 5 0 5
Acts 18 0 18
1 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 1 0 1
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
Rev. 12 0 12
BM 9 0 9
DC 86 0 86
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 274 0 274

Luke 7:3
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

Luke 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

Luke 20:1
And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

Luke 22:52
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

Luke 22:66
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,