Theophylact of Ohrid

First comes deed, then word; for no word of teaching is approved unless first he who teaches shows himself to be a doer thereof. For acting goes before sight; for unless by thy works thou hast cleansed the glass of the understanding, the desired brightness does not appear. But still further it is added, Before God and all the people. For first of all we must please God, and then have regard as far as we can to honesty before men, that placing the honour of God first, we may live without offence to mankind.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Bede

To whom he said: What things? And they said to him: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, powerful in work and word before God and all the people. They confess him as a prophet and great, they are silent about him being the Son of God, either as not yet believing perfectly, or being anxious lest they fall into the hands of the persecuting Jews, because they did not know who it was they were speaking to, while hiding what they truly believed.

On the Gospel of Luke ↗

Bonaventure

Whence he adds: And he said to them: What things? Now Christ asks, not because he is in doubt, but in order to give us a model in the investigation of truth and to take occasion to instruct; whence the Psalm: "His eyelids examine the children of men"; and Matthew 16: "He asked his disciples: Whom do men say," etc. …

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 24 ↗