Oecumenius, on Acts 1:4

“And eating together with them, he commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which you have heard (saith he) by my mouth.”

“Not to depart from Jerusalem, Jesus encouraged them, wishing to establish the account of the resurrection more firmly for them through the miracles, which were done by the request of the crucified one, through the sufferings which they endured at the hands of the Jews, yet they did not depart from the friendship of the crucified and risen one, but rather died for him. For if they had immediately separated from Jerusalem, and nothing followed from them, the resurrection would have been suspicious. Likewise, many were about to trust there. At the same time, it was necessary to wait for them, so that some would not say that, having left their associates, they came to boast among strangers. And also, not yet having been armored with the power of the Spirit, they would become useless against the entanglements of their opponents.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.