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What the Fathers say

Acts 7:9

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And God was with him"--this also is for them--"and delivered him out of all his afflictions." He shows that unknowingly they helped to fulfill the prophecy, and that they were themselves the cause, and that the evils recoiled on their own selves. And he shows, that the saints were not exempt from tribulation, but that in their very tribulations they obtained help. …

Homily on Acts 16 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

"They sold Joseph into Egypt." Not knowing of any fault in their brother, they treated him so badly, and moreover at the time when he had come to them with food for them, and by their action they furthered the prophecy without realizing it, involuntarily becoming the agents of his prosperity, though only after many trials for him. …

Commentary on Acts ↗