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Acts 11:23

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

And "when" Barnabas, it says, "came and had seen the grace of God," - not the diligence of men - "he exhorted them to cleave unto the Lord": and by this he converted more. "And much people was added unto the Lord." Why do they not write to Paul, but send Barnabas? They did not yet know the virtue of the man: but it is providentially ordered that Barnabas should come. As there was a multitude, and none to hinder, well might the faith grow, and above all because they had no trials to undergo.

Homily on Acts 25 ↗