Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

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Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene(A) and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia(B) and Asia(C)—who began to argue with Stephen.

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39 Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia,(A) a citizen of an important city.[a] Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:39 Lit of no insignificant city

39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(A) in Cilicia,(B) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

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Appeal to Caesar

25 Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.(A)

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Paul’s Trial Before Festus

25 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus(A) went up from Caesarea(B) to Jerusalem,

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