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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But they," it says, "went about to slay him:" a token, this, of his energy, and triumphant victory, and of their exceeding annoyance at what had happened. Thereupon, fearing lest the issue should be the same as in the case of Stephen, they sent him to Caesarea.
Theophylact of Ohrid
"He also spoke and disputed with the Hellenists," or with those Jews who spoke Greek. Because the other Hebrews, hardened, could not even look at him, or rather, they even resolved to kill him.
Oecumenius
He says "Hellenists" of those speaking in Greek, and very wisely. For the others, that is, the native Jews, did not even wish to see him. [CHRYSOSTOM]
Western Saints
Bede
And he spoke and disputed against the Greeks, but they sought to kill him. When the brethren knew of it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. For Tarsus is a city of Cilicia, and Caesarea Philippi is also a city of Syria. And when he adds: But he was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ; they had only heard, that he who once persecuted us now preaches the faith which once he ravaged (Galatians 1). …
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