Acts 28:25 (WEB)
When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
Fathers and councils · 5
Gregory of Nyssa
“…to the Jews at Rome, when he says, “Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet concerning you, saying, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand,” showing, in my opinion, by Holy Scripture itself, that every specially divine vision, every theophany, every word uttered in the Person of God, is to be…” — editor's note: Cf. Acts xxviii. 25, 26. The quotation is not verbal.
Read the whole comment“For “well did the Holy Spirit prophesy,”—this he says to the Jews in Rome, introducing the words of Isaiah; and to the Hebrews, alleging the authority of the Holy Spirit in the words, “wherefore as…” — editor's note: Cf. Acts xxviii. 25.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“This Holy Spirit guided him, the persecutor of old, as a herald of Christ, even as far as imperial Rome, and there he persuaded many of the Jews to believe in Christ, and to them who gainsaid he said plainly, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet, saying unto your fathers, and the rest.” — editor's note: Ib. xxviii. 25.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…to our fathers, saying: Go to this people and say, Ye shall hear with the ear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.”” — editor's note: Acts xxviii. 25, 26.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“This is the Spirit that at the beginning “moved upon the face of the waters;” by whom the world moves; by whom creation consists, and all things have life; who also wrought mightily in the prophets, and descended in flight upon Christ.” — editor's note: Acts xxviii. 25.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.