Acts 6:9
Now there arose some of that which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them that were of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people.
10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
Matthew 27:32And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they forced to take up his cross.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake.
Acts 11:20But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were entered into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:45And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with envy, and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming.
Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches, commanding them to keep the precepts of the apostles and the ancients.
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 →