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Silas

also called Silvanus

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The numbers are the lines below.

  • 1 Jerusalem Council · 46 AD
  • 2 Second Missionary Journey · 46 AD
  • 3 Second Missionary Journey begins · 47 AD
  • 4 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas · 47 AD
  • 5 Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia · 47 AD
  • 6 Call to Macedonia · 47 AD
  • 7 Lydia's Conversion · 47 AD
  • 8 Paul casts demon out of soothsayer · 47 AD
  • 9 Paul and Silas imprisoned · 47 AD
  • 10 Philippian jailer converted · 47 AD
  • 11 Paul and Silas released · 47 AD
  • 12 Uproar in Thessalonica · 48 AD
  • 13 Mission to Berea · 48 AD
  • 14 Mission to Corinth, 1&2 Thess Written · 49 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Wood, a prominent member of the church at Jerusalem; also called Silvanus. He and Judas, surnamed Barsabas, were chosen by the church there to accompany Paul and Barnabas on their return to Antioch from the council of the apostles and elders (Acts 15:22), as bearers of the decree adopted by the council. He assisted Paul there in his evangelistic labours, and was also chosen by him to be his companion on his second missionary tour (Acts 16:19-24). He is referred to in the epistles under the name of Silvanus (2 Cor. 1:19; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1; 1 Pet. 5:12). There is no record of the time or place of his death.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 17 verses

Acts
15:22, 15:27, 15:32, 15:34, 15:40, 16:19, 16:25, 16:29, 17:4, 17:10, 17:14, 17:15, 18:5
2 Corinthians
1:19
1 Thessalonians
1:1
2 Thessalonians
1:1
1 Peter
5:12

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.