Concerning some such overseers, the Bible says: “As they traveled on through the cities they would deliver to those there for observance the decrees that had been decided upon by the apostles and older men who were in Jerusalem. ” ​ — Acts 15: 6, 19 - 22; 16: 4.
Par darbu, ko veica daži no šiem pārraugiem, Bībelē ir teikts: ” Pārstaigādami pilsētas, viņi tiem pavēlēja ievērot noteikumus, ko apustuļi un vecajie Jeruzālemē bija devuši. ”