But there arose some of those who were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

They, therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down into Seleucia; and thence they sailed away to Cyprus.

having written through their hand thus: "The apostles, and the elders, brethren, to the brethren from the gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

And they, hearing it, were glorifying God, and said to him, "You observe, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed; and they are all zealous for the law.

But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."

and he says, "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been trained according to the exactness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God, even as ye all are to-day;

And, having read it, he asked of what province he was. And, learning that he was from Cilicia,

And, sailing over the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

After that I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

And who is he that will harm you, if ye become zealous for that which is good?

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent.