Acts 6:9 meaning and explanation
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen,
Acts 6:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Stephen, one of the seven chosen to care for widows, is now speaking powerfully in Jerusalem. Opposition comes from a synagogue called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, likely Jews who had been enslaved and later freed, along with others from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia and Asia.
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