Acts 6:9

Conservative English Version

But some Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria were members of a group who called themselves "Free Men." They started arguing with Stephen. Some others from Cilicia and Asia also argued with him.

Cross References

Matthew 10:17

Watch out for people who will take you to court and have you beaten in their meeting places.

Matthew 23:34

I will send prophets and wise people and experts in the Law of Moses to you. But you will kill them or nail them to a cross or beat them in your meeting places or chase them from town to town.

Matthew 27:32

On the way they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

Mark 13:9

Be on your guard! You will be taken to courts and beaten with whips in their meeting places. And because of me, you will have to stand before rulers and kings to tell about your faith.

Luke 21:12

Before all this happens, you will be arrested and punished. You will be tried in your meeting places and put in jail. Because of me you will be placed on trial before kings and governors.

Acts 11:20

Some of the followers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and started telling Gentiles the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 13:1

The church at Antioch had several prophets and teachers. They were Barnabas, Simeon, also called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who was Herod's close friend, and Saul.

Acts 13:45

When the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were very jealous. They insulted Paul and spoke against everything he said.

Acts 15:23

They wrote a letter that said: We apostles and leaders send friendly greetings to all of you Gentiles who are followers of the Lord in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

Acts 15:41

They traveled through Syria and Cilicia, encouraging the churches.

Acts 16:6

Paul and his friends went through Phrygia and Galatia, but the Holy Spirit would not let them preach in Asia.

Acts 18:24

A Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. Apollos had been born in the city of Alexandria. He was a very good speaker and knew a lot about the Scriptures.

Acts 19:10

for two years, until every Jew and Gentile in Asia had heard the Lord's message.

Acts 19:26

But you have surely seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.

Acts 21:27

When the period of seven days for the ceremony was almost over, some of the Jewish people from Asia saw Paul in the temple. They got a large crowd together and started attacking him.

Acts 21:39

"No!" Paul replied. "I am a Jew from Tarsus, an important city in Cilicia. Please let me speak to the crowd."

Acts 22:19

I replied, "Lord, they know that in many of our meeting places I arrested and beat people who had faith in you.

Acts 22:3

I am a Jew, born and raised in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia. I was a student of Gamaliel and was taught to follow every single law of our ancestors. In fact, I was just as eager to obey God as any of you are today.

Acts 23:34

The governor read the letter. Then he asked Paul and found out that he was from Cilicia.

Acts 24:18

This is what I was doing when I was found going through a ceremony in the temple. I wasn't with a crowd, and there was no uproar.

Acts 26:11

I often had them punished in our meeting places, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Acts 6:10

But they were no match for Stephen, who spoke with the great wisdom that the Spirit gave him.

1 Corinthians 1:20

What happened to those wise people? What happened to those experts in the Scriptures? What happened to the ones who think they have all the answers? Didn't God show that the wisdom of this world is foolish?

Galatians 1:21

Later, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.