“The Apostles were scourged, and they rejoiced: were bound, and they gave thanks: were…”
The Apostles were scourged, and they rejoiced: were bound, and they gave thanks: were stoned, and they preached.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XVI (on Acts VII. 6, 7)
Three reversals in one breath, compressing the whole book of Acts into a sentence.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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