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2 Corinthians 8:18

2 Corinthians 8:18 (WEB)

We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known throughout all the assemblies.

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Eusebius of Caesarea

  • “And they say that Paul meant to refer to Luke’s Gospel wherever, as if speaking of some gospel of his own, he used the words, “according to my Gospel.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 16, xvi. 25; 2 Tim. ii. 8. Eusebius uses the expression φασί, “they say,” which seems to imply that the interpretation was a common one in his day.…

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  • “And the third by Luke, the Gospel commended by Paul, and composed for Gentile converts.” — editor's note: See Bk. III. chap. 4, notes 12 and 15. Origen refers here to 2 Cor. viii. 18, where, however, it is clear that the reference is not to any specific Gospel any…

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John Chrysostom

Jerome

  • “The Acts of the Apostles seem to relate a mere unvarnished narrative descriptive of the infancy of the newly born church; but when once we realize that their author is Luke the physician whose praise is in the gospel, we shall see that all his words are medicine for the sick soul.” — editor's note: Col. iv. 14; 2 Cor. viii. 18.

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Augustine of Hippo

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