Silas Σίλας

Silas (or Silvanus) was a prominent member of the Jerusalem church who accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey and co-wrote some of his epistles.

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Also called Silvanus.

Where Silas appears

Acts (13), 2 Corinthians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Peter (1)

Key verses

• Acts 15:22 first mention — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
• Acts 15:32 — And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
• Acts 16:19 — And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
• Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
• Acts 16:29 — Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
• Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
• Acts 17:10 — And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 17:14 — And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
• Acts 18:5 — And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 1:19 — For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:1 — Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 5:12 — By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.