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Acts 21:17

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly." "The brethren," it says, "received us gladly." Affairs among the Jews were now full of peace: there was not much warfare among them. "Bringing us," it says, "to one with whom we should lodge." Paul was the guest he entertained. Perchance some one of you says: Aye, if it were given me to entertain Paul as a guest, I readily and with much eagerness would do this. Lo! …

Homily on Acts 45 ↗