I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
The word "elder" (presbuteros) is used of age, of one advanced in life, a senior. Among the Jews it was a term used to designate the ruler of the people in that such were generally selected from elderly men. This term came to refer to those who presided over the assemblies or churches.