Silvanus

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Biblical figure New Testament person early Christian missionary

Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Silvanus canonical	10
Silvanus (Silas)	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical figure ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ early Christian missionary ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle Timothy ⓘ
associatedWithCommunity	Corinthian Christians ⓘ Thessalonian Christians ⓘ
canonicalStatus	venerated in Christian tradition ⓘ
coAuthorOf	First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
coWorkerOf	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle Timothy ⓘ
describedAs	faithful brother ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Silas ⓘ
identifiedWith	Silas of the Book of Acts ⓘ
imprisonedWith	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
languageContext	Koine Greek New Testament ⓘ surface form: Greek New Testament
literaryRole	secretary or amanuensis for First Peter (traditional view) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ First Epistle of Peter ⓘ First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
nameOrigin	Latin ⓘ
praisedBy	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle
preachedIn	Berea ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Macedonia region ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica
religion	Christianity ⓘ
role	Christian leader ⓘ companion of Paul the Apostle ⓘ missionary ⓘ
scripturalTradition	New Testament ⓘ
testifiedTo	gospel of God ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century ⓘ
tookPartIn	Paul's second missionary journey ⓘ
traveledWith	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Timothy ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Epistle to the Thessalonians → coAuthorMentioned → Silvanus ⓘ

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians → coAuthorAccordingToText → Silvanus ⓘ

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians → openingGreetingIncludes → Silvanus ⓘ

First Epistle of Peter → mentionsPerson → Silvanus ⓘ

Silvio → hasRelatedName → Silvanus ⓘ

Titus (companion of Paul) → coWorkerOf → Silvanus ⓘ

subject surface form: Titus

Silvanus P. Thompson → givenName → Silvanus ⓘ

Sylwia → hasRelatedName → Silvanus ⓘ

church in Thessalonica → receivedLetterFrom → Silvanus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silvanus (Silas)

Silvius → isCognateOf → Silvanus ⓘ

Sylvio → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Silvanus ⓘ