Acts 15:34

 Acts 15:34

Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

a. NLT: Footnote: Some Greek manuscripts exclude this verse. The NLT related footnote for 15:33 states: 15:33 Some manuscripts add verse 34, But Silas decided to stay there.[Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there. Some manuscripts exclude verse, with variations, v. 34. But it seemed good unto Silas to abide there. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And it seemed good to Silas to remain there still. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.] 

d. Classic Amplified: However, Silas decided to stay on there.[Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Peshitta Eastern Text: Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.  [HOLY BIBLE FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT.Copyright  Ⓒ 1933 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1961 by A.J. Holmon Co.; Copyright  Ⓒ 1939 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1967  by A.J. Holmon Co.;  Copyright  Ⓒ 1940 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1968 by A.J. Holmon Co.; Copyright  Ⓒ 1957 by A.J. Holmon Co. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.]

f. NIV: Footnote: Some Greek manuscripts exclude this verse. The NIV related footnote for 15:33 states: Some manuscripts include here But Silas decided to remain there.[THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.]

1. “Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.”

a. Notwithstanding [Strong: 1161. de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]

b. [it] pleased [Strong: 1380. dokeo dok-eh'-o a prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o (used only in an alternate in certain tenses; compare the base of 1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly):--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.]

c. [Strong: 3588. [tō] ὁ ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: [tō] ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.] [Additional variants: tē, hoi, oi, tēn, ta, tēs, tois, tais, tō, tōn, hé  hē, hai.]

d. Silas [Strong: 4609. Silas see'-las contraction for 4610; Silas, a Christian:--Silas.]

1). Unger’s Bible Dictionary: Silas (si’las; apparently Greek, from Aram, Sheila [Saul]. This name is evidently a contracted form of Silvanus (sylvan0, a prominent member of the church in Jerusalem (Acts 15:22. Of his immediate family no account is given, but his name, derived from the Latin silva, “wood,” betokens him a hellenistic jew, and he appears to have been a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37). He is probably the same as Silvanus, mentioned in Paul's epistles. Upon the return of Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem from their missionary tour, a discussion arose respecting circumcision and the council decided against the extreme Judaizing party, Silas was appointed a delegate to accompany paul and Barnabas on their return to Antioch with the decree of the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15, 22, 32), A.D. about 50. After accomplishing this mission he remained in Antioch, although granted permission to return (Acts 15:33, 34). The qualification of Silas for speaking to a congregation is stated (Acts 15:32).

e. [to] abide...still [Strong: 1961. epimeno ep-ee-men'-o from 1909 and 3306; to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere):--abide (in), continue (in), tarry.]

there [Strong: 847. autou ow-too' genitive (i.e. possessive) of 846, used as an adverb of location; properly, belonging to the same spot, i.e. in this (or that) place:--(t-)here.]