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What the Fathers say

Acts 25:10

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"But Paul said, At Caesar's tribunal am I standing," etc.: he did not say, I will not, lest he should make the judge more vehement, but here again is his great boldness: They cast me out once for all, themselves, and by this they think to condemn me, by their showing that I have offended against Caesar: at his bar I choose to be judged, at the bar of the injured person himself. …

Homily on Acts 51 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

"I stand before Caesar's judgment seat" means: I wish to go to Rome to Caesar and there receive judgment. I demand this, he says, from you.

Commentary on Acts ↗