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Secret Slander and Public Deception

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Secret Slander and Public Deception "Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen." Acts 6:9 (ESV) FREEDMEN: Libertinos (a Roman feedman) CYRENIANS: Kyrenaios (a Cyrenaean, an inhabitant of Cyrene); from Kyrene (Cyrene, a region of Africa) ALEXANDRIANS: Alexandreus (an Alexandreian, an inhabitant of Alexandria) CILICIA: Kilikia (Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor) ASIA: Asia (Asia, Asia Minor, usually only its western shore) Libertinos had strong family connections with Roma, a major city in Italia, the nation we now call Italy . Cyrenians immigrated from Cyrene, a major city in Cyrenaica on the northern coast of Africa, the nation we call Libya . Alexandrians came from Alexandria, a major city in Aegyptus, the country we know as Egypt . Cilicia was a region just north of Jerusalem, along the southe