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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
It is a great consolation for disciples when the teacher has told them about afflictions beforehand. For afterwards they were not troubled by them as by something unexpected. Therefore Christ also said to the apostles: "I told you before it came to pass, that when it is come to pass, you might believe" (John 14:29). Paul told them not only this, but also many other things, which likewise came to pass.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
The other consideration strengthening them is a prediction concerning the future, for anticipated difficulties are less harmful. So Paul tells them: for when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, that is, Paul had warned them about the tribulations they would go through in their time.
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