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 disputed with Stephen,
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioc
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict confor
So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will sta
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the wh
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the regio
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scrip
But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogue
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a g
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each da
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of