Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him.

摩西下山，召集了长者,把上帝的命令告诉了他们。

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But he tries to find people who are old men, who knew the apostles.

但是他尝试找到那些长者，那些认识使徒的老人。

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But if,per chance,there came,also, anyone who had followed the Presbyters," the elders, "I made inquiry concerning the words of the Presbyters, what Andrew or what Peter had said, or what Philip or what Thomas or James,or what John or Matthew, or any of the other disciples of the Lord said.

但如果碰巧有谁，曾跟随过长老“，即长者，“我就会问他们长老之言，安得烈之言，彼得之言，腓力，多马，雅各布，约翰，马太，或主的其他门徒之言。

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And he says this about his own little research: "I shall not hesitate to put down for you with my interpretations whatsoever things I well learned at one time from the Presbyters," just meaning the old guys,elders,"and well remembered, confidently asserting truthfulness for them.

对于他自己的研究，他这样说：,“我会毫不犹豫地写下,我曾经从长老那里学到和记住的,一切东西，而且加上我的诠释“,长老指长者，前辈，“并自信地肯定他们的真实性。

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