They recognized that Jesus was teaching and directing the congregation through a governing body, composed of the apostles and older men in Jerusalem.
كَانَ مَسِيحِيُّو ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ مُوَحَّدِينَ لِأَنَّهُمْ نَالُوا جَمِيعًا ٱلتَّشْجِيعَ وَٱلْإِرْشَادَ مِنَ ٱلْمَصْدَرِ ذَاتِهِ .‏