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.

²³ With them they sent the following letter:

⁵ So the churches were strengthened^(A) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.^(B)