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What the Fathers say

Acts 18:9

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city." See by how many reasons He persuades him, and how He puts last the reason which of all others most prevailed with him, "I have much people in this city." Now even the number of the "much people" persuaded him, but Christ's claiming them for His own moved him more. …

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Theophylact of Ohrid

"Fear not, but speak and hold not thy peace." At last the Lord says to Paul that which he especially needed, because nothing grieved him so much as unbelief.

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Oecumenius

"by night in a vision." It should be noted that Paul saw the Lord Jesus by a dream. Therefore, he himself said: Did I not see Jesus our Lord? Whether he saw Jesus in a dream, or saw him while awake, there is no difference; moreover he appeared to him also by day. [AMMONIUS]

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