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Nov 17, 2022 · The Synagogue of the Freedmen is called the Synagogue of the Libertines in the KJV. The word libertine is from the Latin and originally referred to a man who had been a slave but had been set at liberty.
FREEDMEN, SYNAGOGUE OF THE (συναγωγή τῶν Λιβερτίνων). The term occurs in the NT in Acts 6:9. It refers to those who together with Cyrenians and Alexandrians and others opposed Stephen. They apparently opposed him on theological grounds, but were not able to withstand the wisdom by which he spoke.
The Synagogue of the Freedmen had Jews from North Africa (Cyrene and Alexandria are in Libya and Egypt, respectively) and modern-day Turkey ( "Cilicia and Asia") who once had been slaves or prisoners of Rome, and who had settled in Jerusalem after being freed.
9, 10. synagogue of the Libertines—Jewish freedmen; manumitted Roman captives, or the children of such, expelled from Rome (as appears from Josephus and Tacitus), and now residing at Jerusalem. Cyrenians—Jews of Cyrene, in Libya, on the coast of Africa.
Apr 23, 2014 · In seeking to understand the nature of this synagogue some scholars focus on the name Freedmen, who could have been Jews taken into slavery by the Romans under Pompey in 63 BC (Philo, Embassy to Gaius 23). The descendants of slaves who were freed were also called Freedmen.
Sep 19, 2019 · The Synagogue of the Freedmen, as depicted in the New Testament Book of Acts, provides a glimpse into the religious and cultural diversity within ancient Jewish communities in Jerusalem. Its members, consisting of freed Jews from various regions, played a significant role in the theological disputes and opposition faced by early Christian ...
NIV Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.
