saying, {\cf6 What thou seest, write in a book and send {\i it} to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.}
John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,
And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading {\i as to} the things concerning the kingdom of God.
But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called {\i the synagogue} of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.