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Patristic A.D. 407 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Acts 1:8 (HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 86)

John Chrysostom, on Acts 1:8

John Chrysostom · A.D. 347–407
Acts 1:8 · Douay-Rheims
“But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.”
On this verse:
“And they did become witnesses by their miracles. This is so, for the grace of the Spirit is ineffable, and innumerable are his gifts. Moreover, this took place that you might learn that the gifts and the power of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit are one. What appears to be proper to the Father also belongs in reality to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. "How is it, then," you will say, "that no one comes to the Son 'unless the Father draw him'?" But this is shown to be true of the Son also, for he said, "I am the way; no one comes to the Father but through me." And notice that the same thing is true of the Spirit also. For "No one can say, 'Jesus Christ is Lord,' except in the Holy Spirit." And again, we are told that apostles have been given to the church, at one time by the Father, at another by the Son, and at another by the Holy Spirit, so we see that the varieties of gifts belong to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.”

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