But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

After they had been sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus.

They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

He went through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the churches.

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.

Paul replied, "I'm a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Please let me speak to the people."

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

We sailed along the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia and reached Myra in Lycia.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.