Bible Verses About Silas

Then the emissaries and the elders, together with the whole Messianic community, decided to select men from among themselves to send to Antioch with Sha’ul and Bar-Nabba. They sent Y’hudah, called Bar-Sabba, and Sila, both leading men among the brothers,

with the following letter: From: The emissaries and the elders, your brothers To: The brothers from among the Gentiles throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia Greetings!

We have heard that some people went out from among us without our authorization, and that they have upset you with their talk, unsettling your minds.

So we have decided unanimously to select men and send them to you with our dear friends Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul,

who have dedicated their lives to upholding the name of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

So we have sent Y’hudah and Sila, and they will confirm in person what we are writing.

For it seemed good to the Ruach HaKodesh and to us not to lay any heavier burden on you than the following requirements:

to abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from fornication. If you keep yourselves from these, you will be doing the right thing. Shalom!

The messengers were sent off and went to Antioch, where they gathered the group together and delivered the letter.

After reading it, the people were delighted by its encouragement.

Y’hudah and Sila, who were also prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

After they had spent some time there, they were sent off with a greeting of “Shalom!” from the brothers to those who had sent them.

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

However, Sha’ul chose Sila and left, after the brothers had committed him to the love and kindness of the Lord.

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations.

But when her owners saw that what had come out was any further prospect of profit for them, they seized Sha’ul and Sila and dragged them to the market square to face the authorities.

Bringing them to the judges, they said, “These men are causing a lot of trouble in our city, since they are Jews.

What they are doing is advocating customs that are against the law for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

The mob joined in the attack against them, and the judges tore their clothes off them and ordered that they be flogged.

After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

Upon receiving such an order, he threw them into the inner cell and clamped their feet securely between heavy blocks of wood.

Around midnight, Sha’ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened attentively.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake which shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

The jailer awoke, and when he saw the doors open he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, for he assumed that the prisoners had escaped.

But Sha’ul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We’re all here!”