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Acts 5:31

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

Having therefore raised the discourse concerning the cross, and as if a pardon beyond forgiveness for those likewise deposed in a frenzy against Christ, as if engineering to unburden them of so great a weight, he says: But this one, having been dishonored by you and exalted by God, gave the spirit of repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins, not at all the skeptical criticism against him because of the cross, capable of leading to apostasy, since the one exalted by God is forgetful of injury toward those who, through persuasion, …

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