Medieval
“(non occ.) When adversaries rose up against the miracles and teaching of Christ, He chose Apostles as defenders and witnesses of the truth, and prefaces their election with prayer; as it is said, And it came to pass, &c.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:12-16
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗