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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Behold Barnabas giving place to Paul - how should it be otherwise? - to him whom he brought from Tarsus; just as we find John on all occasions giving way to Peter: and yet Barnabas was more looked up to than Paul: true, but they had an eye only to the common advantage. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Paul preaches here for the first time, and see with what prudence: those places where the discussion concerns God the Word, he passes over and stops at places that did not mention the seed of David, as he himself says when writing to the Romans: "I strived to preach the gospel not where the name of Christ was already known" (Rom. 15:20). Notice: Barnabas also yields to Paul, just as John everywhere yields to Peter. Although Barnabas enjoyed great respect, he acted this way with the common good in mind.
Oecumenius
Here Paul first preaches in Antioch of Pisidia. He would enter the synagogues in the appearance of a Jew so as not to be driven away, and therefore everything succeeded.
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