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.

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

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(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.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:3 Or city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated

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

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:23 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36

21 (A)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

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Paul Arrested in the Temple

27 When (A)the seven days were almost completed, (B)the Jews from Asia, (C)seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

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10 This continued for (A)two years, so that (B)all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

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Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

24 Now a Jew named (A)Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, (B)competent in the Scriptures.

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The Macedonian Call

And (A)they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

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Parthians and (A)Medes and (B)Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,

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12 But before all this (A)they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to (B)the synagogues and (C)prisons, and you (D)will be brought before (E)kings and (F)governors for my name's sake.

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(A)“But (B)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten (C)in synagogues, and you will stand before (D)governors and (E)kings for my sake, (F)to bear witness before them.

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The Crucifixion

32 (A)(B)As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to (C)carry his cross.

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17 Beware of men, for (A)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you (B)in their synagogues,

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20 (A)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? (B)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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And when we had sailed across the open sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found (A)a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy and put us on board.

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11 And (A)I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them (B)blaspheme, and (C)in raging fury against them I (D)persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another (A)I imprisoned and (B)beat those who believed in you.

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39 Paul replied, (A)“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

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26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, (A)saying that (B)gods made with hands are not gods.

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17 So (A)he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, (B)“What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because (C)he was preaching (D)Jesus and the resurrection.

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45 (A)But (B)when the Jews[a] saw the crowds, they were filled with (C)jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, (D)reviling him.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:45 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 50

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

13 Now there were in the church at Antioch (A)prophets and (B)teachers, (C)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,[a] Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of (D)Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:1 Niger is a Latin word meaning black, or dark

20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists[a] also, (A)preaching the Lord Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 11:20 Or Greeks (that is, Greek-speaking non-Jews)

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