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Acts 6:9

Acts 6:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

there: Acts 13:45, Acts 17:17-18

the synagogue: Acts 22:19, Acts 26:11; Matthew 10:17, Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12

Cyrenians: Acts 2:10, Acts 11:20, Acts 13:1; Matthew 27:32

Alexandrians: Acts 18:24, Acts 27:6

Cilicia: Acts 15:23, Acts 15:41, Acts 21:39, Acts 22:3, Acts 23:34, Acts 27:5; Galatians 1:21

Asia: Acts 2:9, Acts 16:6, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:26, Acts 21:27

disputing: 1 Corinthians 1:20

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