5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)It does not appear how long it was after Paul’s conference with Agrippa that he was sent away for Rome, pursuant to his appeal to Caesar; but it is likely they took the first convenience they could hear of to do it; in the mean time Paul is in the midst of his friends at Caesarea—they comforts to him, and he a blessing to them. But here we are told, I. How Paul was shipped off for Italy: a long vo…
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