Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person.

Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas.

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.