But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.