Acts 6:9
And men arose from the congregation which was called Libertinu, Kyrainoyee, and Aleksandroyee, and from Cilicia, and from Asia, and disputed with Estephanos,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
8But Estephanos was filled with grace and power, and wrought signs and miracles among the people.
10and were not able to stand against the wisdom and the spirit which spake in him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17But beware of the sons of men; for, delivering you to the house of judgments, in their synagogues they will scourge you,
Matthew 27:32And when they had gone forth, they found a Kurinean man whose name was Shemun: this (man) they compel to carry his cross.
Luke 21:12But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name.
Acts 11:20But of them were men of Kypros and of Kyrine; these entered into Antiokia, and discoursed with the Javnoyee, and evangelized concerning our Lord Jeshu.
Acts 13:45And when the Jihudoyee saw the great assemblage, they were filled with envy, and arose against the words which Paulos spake, and blasphemed.
Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. And he came to Derbe the city, and to Lystra.
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 →