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What the Fathers say

Acts 26:6

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

"And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?" Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet in particular, but the doctrine itself as held by the Jews: the other and stronger …

Homily on Acts 52 ↗

Oecumenius

"Why is it considered incredible among you if God raises the dead?" He proposes two lines of argument about the resurrection: one derived from the prophets, and he does not dismiss the prophet, but rather the glory of the Jews, and another stronger one drawn from events, that Christ was reported to him as having risen from the dead. And he constructs this latter also from reasoning, recounting beforehand his former zeal. …

Commentary on Acts ↗

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius

Nor is it greatly to be wondered at if these things are done towards men, since for the same cause the people who were placed in hope, and not ignorant of God, rose up against God Himself; and the same necessity follows the righteous which attacked the Author of righteousness Himself. Therefore they harass and torment them with studied kinds of punishments, and think it little to kill those whom they hate, unless cruelty also mocks their bodies. …

The Divine Institutes, Book 5, Chapter IX ↗