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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But there came," it says, "certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium." Indeed children of the devil, that not in their own cities only, but also beyond them, they did these things, and as much made it their study to make an end of the preaching, as the Apostles were in earnest to establish it! "And having persuaded the multitude and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city." So then, the Gentiles regarded them as gods, but these "dragged" him, "out of the city, supposing he had been dead. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Look at the frenzy of the Jews: they infiltrated the people who had shown such honor to the apostles and "persuaded" them to stone Paul. And they dragged him out of the city because they were afraid. Moreover, they were only trying to undermine the preaching.
Western Saints
Bede
But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. In Greek, the narrative begins thus: While they were staying and teaching, some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium.
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