Then the apostles and elders with the whole church resolved to select representatives and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They were Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

So we send Judas and Silas to you, to give you this same message by word of mouth.

Judas and Silas were themselves prophets, and gave the brothers much encouragement and strength by their words.

But Paul selected Silas and set out, the brothers commending him to the Lord's favor.

But when her masters saw that their hopes of profits were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the public square, to the authorities,

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Then he called for lights and rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

He convinced some of them, and they joined Paul and Silas, along with a great many devout Greeks and a number of the principal women.

The brothers sent Paul and Silas away immediately, in the course of the following night, to Berea. On arriving there they went to the Jewish synagogue.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off to the coast, while Silas and Timothy stayed behind.

The men who went with Paul took him all the way to Athens, and came back with instructions for Silas and Timothy to rejoin him as soon as possible.

By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was absorbed in preaching the message, emphatically assuring the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.