John Chrysostom, on Acts 11:15

“And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning.”

“"And as I began to speak," etc. Then why did not this happen alone? Of superabundance this is wrought by God, that it might be shown that the beginning too was not from the Apostle. But had he set out of his own motion, without any of these things having taken place, they would have been very much hurt: so that from the beginning he disposes their minds in his favor.”

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