KJV ORIGINAL
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
People from Phrygia and Pamphylia, from Egypt, from the areas around Cyrene in Libya, visitors from Rome — both Jews and converts to Judaism —
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The crowd was literally from everywhere — this was the most diverse gathering you could imagine.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
Luke wrote the Book of Acts to Theophilus, likely a patron, and a broader Gentile audience, around the late first century CE. It was written to chronicle the early history of the Christian movement, detailing the spread of the faith from Jerusalem to Rome through the apostles' work.
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