Acts 16:8
And when they had passed through Mysia, they went down to Troas.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum autem pertransissent Mysiam, descenderunt Troadem :
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- παρελθόντες δὲ τὴν Μυσίαν κατέβησαν εἰς Τρῳάδα.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35
“And, behold a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters; for they knew all that his father was a Greek.” ( ch. xvi. 1-3 .) It is indeed amazing, the wisdom of Paul! He that has had so many battles about circumcision, he that moved all things to this end, and did not give over until he had carried his point, now that the decree is made sure, circumcises the disciple. He not only does not forbid others, but himself does this thing. ( b ) “Him,” it says, “he would have to go forth with him.” And the wonder is this, that he even took him unto him. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).