⁹ Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

³⁴ On reading the letter, he asked what ^(A)province he was from. And when he learned ^(B)that he was from Cilicia,

^3 (A)“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^(B)at the feet of ^(C)Gamaliel^{[a] (D)}according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, ^(E)being zealous for God ^(F)as all of you are this day.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^(A)strengthening the churches.

²³ with the following letter: ^(A)“The brothers, both ^(B)the apostles and the elders, to the brothers^[a] who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, ^(C)greetings.