Acts 6:9

     9, 10. synagogue of the Libertines—Jewish freedmen; manumitted Roman captives, or the children of such, expelled from Rome (as appears from JOSEPHUS and TACITUS), and now residing at Jerusalem.

      Cyrenians—Jews of Cyrene, in Libya, on the coast of Africa.

      them of Cilicia—amongst whom may have been Saul of Tarsus (Ac 7:58; 21:39).

      and of Asia—(See on Ac 16:6).

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