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The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsab′bas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
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We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
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And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and strengthened them.
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but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek.
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Paul and Silas in Prison
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying.
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But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers;
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But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
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And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
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And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
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Paul and Silas in Beroea
The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroe′a; and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
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Then the brethren immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
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Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
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When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedo′nia, Paul was occupied with preaching, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
