Acts 6:9
Then there arose some who belonged to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia, and they disputed with Stephen.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;
Matthew 27:32And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: this man they compelled to carry his cross.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Acts 11:20But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.
Acts 15:41And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Matthew Henry on Acts 6:9-15
Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the… Read the whole commentary →