<t /><p class="bodytext">From Peter,<n id="1" /> an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing<n id="2" /> abroad<n id="3" /> (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia,<n id="4" /> and Bithynia) who are chosen<n id="5" />

But some men from the Synagogue<n id="1" /> of the Freedmen (as it was called),<n id="2" /> both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia,<n id="3" /> stood up and argued with Stephen.

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified,<n id="1" /> without a crowd or a disturbance.<n id="2" />

Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus,<n id="1" /> who was the first convert<n id="2" /> to Christ in the province of Asia.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The churches in the province of Asia<n id="1" /> send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca<n id="2" /> greet<n id="3" /> you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house.

And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded<n id="1" /> and turned away<n id="2" /> a large crowd,<n id="3" /> not only in Ephesus<n id="4" /> but in practically all of the province of Asia,<n id="5" /> by saying<n id="6" /> that gods made by hands are not gods at all.<n id="7" />

When the seven days were almost over,<n id="1" /> the Jews from the province of Asia<n id="2" /> who had seen him in the temple area<n id="3" /> stirred up the whole crowd<n id="4" /> and seized<n id="5" /> him,