off overland to Galatia (Acts 15:39–41). The result: two teams in the field rather than one, a net gain for the early church. Silas (a short-form of the Latin name Sylvanius) was a leader in the Jerusalem church (Acts 15:22, 15:32) but also a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37). Like Paul, he was culturally bilingual and so an excellent fit for the task at hand. Sweeping through the highlands of Phrygia and Galatia, Paul, Silas and Timothy first tried to push north, into Bithynia, but were prevented from