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What the Fathers say

Acts 10:19

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them." And this again is a plea for Peter in answer to the disciples, that he did doubt, and was instructed to doubt nothing. "For I," saith He, "have sent them." Great is the authority of the Spirit! What God doth, this the Spirit is said to do.

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Theophylact of Ohrid

"Meanwhile, as Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him: 'Behold, three men are looking for you.'" Again, this too serves as an apology for Peter before the disciples, so that they might see that he was deliberating and received instruction not to deliberate.

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Western Saints

Bede

The Spirit said to him: Behold, three men seek you. He heard this in his mind from the Spirit, not in the ear of the flesh.

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