Acts 6:9

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But members of a group called the Synagogue of the Freedmen began to oppose him. Some of them were Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. Others were Jews from Cilicia and Asia. They all began to argue with Stephen.

Cross References

Acts 23:34

The governor read the letter and asked Paul where he was from. When he learned that Paul was from Cilicia,

Acts 22:3

“I’m a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. I studied with Gamaliel, who trained me well in the law that was given to our people long ago. I wanted to honor God as much as any of you do.

Acts 15:41

Paul first went through Syria and Cilicia to strengthen the churches there.

Acts 15:23

Here’s the letter they sent with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers. To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia. Greetings.

Matthew 27:32

On their way out of the city, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

Galatians 1:21

Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.

Acts 21:27

The seven days of cleansing were almost over when some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They grabbed him and stirred up the whole crowd,

Acts 19:10

This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 18:24

Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was an educated man from Alexandria who knew the Scriptures very well.

Acts 16:6

Paul and his group traveled all through the area of Phrygia and Galatia, looking for a place to stop and preach the word. But the Holy Spirit didn’t let them stop there, or farther west in the province of Asia, either.

Luke 21:12

“But before all this, people will arrest you and systematically oppress you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison. You will be brought to kings and governors. All this will happen to you because of my name,

Mark 13:9

“Look out—you’ll be handed over to the local courts, and you’ll be whipped in the synagogues. You’ll be brought in for questioning by governors and kings because of me. But in that way, you’ll become witnesses to them.

Matthew 10:17

Be careful who you trust! You’ll be turned over to the local courts and whipped in the synagogues.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?

Acts 26:11

I often went from one synagogue to another to find them and punish them. I even tried to force them to speak against Jesus. I wanted so badly to hurt them that I even made trips to foreign cities to look for them.

Acts 22:19

“ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know how I used to go from one synagogue to another beating the believers and putting them in prison.

Acts 21:39

Paul answered, “I’m a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia—a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people.”

Acts 19:26

But you’ve seen and heard what this man Paul is doing. Here in Ephesus and almost everywhere in the province of Asia he has led large numbers of people away from our gods. He says that gods made by human hands aren’t gods at all.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they became very jealous. They began to argue with what Paul was saying and insult him.

Acts 13:1

In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon (also called Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, and Manaen, who’d been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

Acts 11:20

But other believers from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also. They told them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Matthew 23:34

I’m sending you prophets, wise people, and teachers. You’ll kill some of them by nailing them to a cross. You’ll whip others in your synagogues and chase them from town to town.

Acts 6:10

But he was too wise for them, because the Holy Spirit gave him wisdom whenever he spoke.

Acts 24:18

I had already been made pure and clean in the Jewish way when they found me offering sacrifices in the temple courtyard. There was no crowd with me, and I wasn’t stirring up any trouble.