Acts 6:9
And certain ones of the synagogues, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up disputing with Stephen,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and miracles among the people.
10and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking.
Cross References
Matthew 10:17Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;
Matthew 27:32And going out they found a Cyrenean man, Simon by name: they compelled him that he should bear His cross.
Luke 21:12And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led before kings and governors on account of my name.
Acts 11:20And of them there were certain Cyprian and Cyrenean men, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 13:45And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts 15:41and he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, confirming 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 →