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Acts 13:31

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And He was seen many days of them which came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses unto the people." "Who appeared," he says, "for many days to them that came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem." Instead of which he says, "Who are His witnesses unto the people," to wit, "The men which came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem." Then he produces David and Isaiah bearing witness. "Who are His witnesses," he says, "unto the people" - the people that slew Him. …

Homily on Acts 29 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

"Who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and who are now His witnesses before the people." Which they could in no way have been, if the power of God had not sustained them.

Commentary on Acts ↗