Romans 16:3
Douay-Rheims
Salute Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus,
John Chrysostom
"Greet," he says, "Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus."
To the excellence of these St. Luke also bears witness. Partly when he says that Paul "abode with them, for by their occupation they were tent-makers" (Acts xviii. 3); and partly when he points out the woman as receiving Apollos, and instructing him in the way of the Lord. (ib. 26.) Now these are great things, but what Paul mentions are greater. And what does he mention? In the first place he calls them "helpers," to point out that they had been sharers of his very great labors and dangers...
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A.D. 407 · on Rom 16:3 (Homily on Romans 30)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.