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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But there were in Antioch certain men of Cyprus and Cyrene:" these, of all others, least cared for the Jews: "who spake unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus." Probably it was because of their not knowing Hebrew, that they called them Greeks. And they did not say, "What, we, Cyrenians and Cyprians, to attack this splendid and great city!" but trusting in the grace of God, they applied themselves to the work of teaching, nor did these Gentiles themselves think scorn to learn anything of them.
Theophylact of Ohrid
"They spoke to the Greeks." Perhaps they were called Greeks because they did not know Hebrew.
Oecumenius
"to the Hellenists." Perhaps because they did not know Hebrew, they called them Greeks. [CHRYSOSTOM]
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