⁹ But some people ·were [rose up] against him. They belonged to the synagogue of Free Men [^CJews who were freed slaves] (as it was called), which included people from Cyrene, Alexandria [^Cboth in North Africa], Cilicia, and Asia [^Cboth in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey]. They all ·came [rose up; came forward] and ·argued [debated; disputed] with Stephen.