Bible Verses About Silas

Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company and to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren.

Writing by their hands: The apostles and ancients, brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles that are at Antioch and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting.

Forasmuch as we have heard that some going out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment:

It hath seemed good to us, being assembled together, to choose out men and to send them unto you, with our well beloved Barnabas and Paul:

Men that have given their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, by word of mouth, tell you the same things.

For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things:

That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication: from which things keeping yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well.

They therefore, being dismissed, went down to Antioch and, gathering together the multitude, delivered the epistle.

Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

But Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, with many words comforted the brethren and confirmed them.

And after they had spent some time there, they were let go with peace by the brethren unto them that had sent them.

But it seemed good unto Silas to remain there: and Judas alone departed to Jerusalem.

But Paul, choosing Silas, departed, being delivered by the brethren to the grace of God.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients.

But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the market place to the rulers.

And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews:

And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans.

And the people ran together against them: and the magistrates, rending off their clothes, commanded them to be beaten with rods.

And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the gaoler to keep them diligently.

Who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And at midnight, Paul and Silas, praying, praised God. And they that were in prison heard them.

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and the bands of all were loosed.

And the keeper of the prison, awakening out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying: Do thyself no harm, for we all are here.