Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

                                   SILAS

ACT 15:22  Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to 
choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and 
Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were 
leaders among the brothers.

ACT 15:23  With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and 
elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and 
Cilicia: Greetings.

ACT 15:24  We have heard that some went out from us without our 
authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.

ACT 15:25  So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with 
our dear friends Barnabas and Paul--

ACT 15:26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ.

ACT 15:27  Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of 
mouth what we are writing.

ACT 15:28  It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you 
with anything beyond the following requirements:

ACT 15:29  You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, 
from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do 
well to avoid these things. Farewell.

ACT 15:30  The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they 
gathered the church together and delivered the letter.

ACT 15:31  The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

ACT 15:32  Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to 
encourage and strengthen the brothers.

ACT 15:33  After spending some time there, they were sent off by the 
brothers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.

ACT 15:34

ACT 15:40  but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the 
grace of the Lord.

ACT 15:41  He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

ACT 16:16  Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a 
slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a 
great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

ACT 16:17  This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men 
are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be 
saved."

ACT 16:18  She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled 
that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ 
I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.

ACT 16:19  When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of 
making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the 
marketplace to face the authorities.

ACT 16:20  They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men 
are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

ACT 16:21  by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or 
practice."

ACT 16:22  The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the 
magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

ACT 16:23  After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into 
prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

ACT 16:24  Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and 
fastened their feet in the stocks.

ACT 16:25  About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to 
God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

ACT 16:26  Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the 
foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew 
open, and everybody's chains came loose.

ACT 16:27  The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he 
drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the 
prisoners had escaped.

ACT 16:28  But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"

ACT 16:29  The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling 
before Paul and Silas.




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ACT 16:30  He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be 
saved?"

ACT 16:31  They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be 
saved--you and your household."

ACT 16:32  Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the 
others in his house.

ACT 16:33  At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their 
wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized.

ACT 16:34  The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before 
them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God--he and 
his whole family.

ACT 16:35  When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the 
jailer with the order: "Release those men."

ACT 16:36  The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and 
Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace."

ACT 16:37  But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a 
trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now 
do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and 
escort us out."

ACT 16:38  The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they 
heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.

ACT 16:39  They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, 
requesting them to leave the city.

ACT 16:40  After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to 
Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then 
they left.

ACT 17:4  Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did 
a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few prominent women.

ACT 17:5  But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters 
from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They 
rushed to Jason's house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them 
out to the crowd.

ACT 17:6  But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some 
other brothers before the city officials, shouting: "These men who have 
caused trouble all over the world have now come here,

ACT 17:7  and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying 
Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus."

ACT 17:8  When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were 
thrown into turmoil.

ACT 17:9  Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.

ACT 17:10  As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away 
to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

ACT 17:14  The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and 
Timothy stayed at Berea.

ACT 17:15  The men who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left 
with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

ACT 18:5  When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself 
exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

2CO 1:19  For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by 
me and Silas and Timothy, was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always 
been "Yes."

1TH 1:1  Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God 
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

2TH 1:1  Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God 
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

1PE 5:12  With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I 
have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is 
the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

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