ACC ~ Acts 9 v16

ONE OF THE SAINTS. BEDE: [The Lord] said that he was not to be feared as a persecutor but rather embraced as a brother, for he was soon to suffer along with the saints the troubles that he had earlier inflicted on them. COMMENTARY ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 9.16.

AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE. OROSIUS: When Paul was saved there where he had bound Christ by persecuting him, he would be afflicted with suffering for Christ, right up to his own death, but [he would] be glorified in the resurrection. So it is, because “mercy and truth go always before the face of God;” so that if a voluntary sacrifice of an afflicted spirit and a contrite heart is offered in time by the lamenting person, truth arises in mercy, and in the end mercy is exalted over judgment. DEFENSE AGAINST THE PELAGIANS 14.

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