acts 6:9 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. - Free Bible Online

acts 6:9 But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, [including] both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.


      9, 10. synagogue of the Libertines--Jewish freedmen; manumitted Roman captives, or the children of such, expelled from Rome (as appears from JOSEPHUS and TACITUS), and now residing at Jerusalem.
      Cyrenians--Jews of Cyrene, in Libya, on the coast of Africa.
      them of Cilicia--amongst whom may have been Saul of Tarsus (Ac 7:58; 21:39).
      and of Asia--(See on Ac 16:6).

JFB.


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