“"Then," it proceeds, "said the high-priest, Are these things so?" Observe, the question is put with mildness, that he may effect some great mischief. For this reason Stephen too begins his speech in a tone of gentleness.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 15
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1Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
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— Acts 7:1 —
2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.