⁹ Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene^(A) and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia^(B) and Asia^(C)—who began to argue with Stephen.

³⁹ Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus^(A) in Cilicia,^(B) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”