Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 22:20

There are 3 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 672, footnote 4 (Image)

Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms

Expositions on the Book of Psalms. (HTML)

Psalm CXLVII (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 5952 (In-Text, Margin)

... against the Gospel, hardening himself, as it were, against the sun.…Since then he was crystal, he appeared clear and white, but he was hard and very cold. How was he bright and white? “An Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee.” Behold the brightness of crystal. Now hear the hardness of crystal. “As touching zeal, persecuting the Church” of Christ. Among the stoners of the holy martyr Stephen, was he, hard, perhaps harder than all. “For he kept the raiment of all who were stoning,”[Acts 22:20] so that he stoned by the hands of all.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 14, page 363, footnote 8 (Image)

Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews. (HTML)

Argument. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2671 (In-Text, Margin)

... Jews? Because on this very account they were more vehement in their enmity against him. “For they will not endure thee,” God says unto him; “But depart far hence to the Gentiles, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.” Whereupon he says, “Yea, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee; and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.”[Acts 22:19-20]

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 164, footnote 9 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book III (HTML)

Symeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, suffers Martyrdom. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 885 (In-Text, Margin)

6. He writes as follows: “They came, therefore, and took the lead of every church as witnesses[Acts 22:20] and as relatives of the Lord. And profound peace being established in every church, they remained until the reign of the Emperor Trajan, and until the above-mentioned Symeon, son of Clopas, an uncle of the Lord, was informed against by the heretics, and was himself in like manner accused for the same cause before the governor Atticus. And after being tortured for many days he suffered martyrdom, and all, including even the proconsul, marveled that, ...