arose. App-178.
certain. App-123.
of. out of. App-104.
synagogue. App-120.
Libertines. During the Civil Wars many Jews had been enslaved, and afterwards set free by their masters.. manumitted slave was called libertinus. These were probably the descendants of such freedmen who had returned to Jerusalem, after the decree of Tiberius expelling the Jews from Rome about 20 A.D.
of. from. App-104.
Cilicia.. province of Asia Minor, of which Tarsus was the capital. See Acts 21:39. Probably Saul was one of these disputers.
disputing. Greek. suzeteo, generally translated "question". Compare Mark 1:27; Mark 8:11; Mark 9:10; Mark 9:14; Mark 9:16.