Ephrem the Syrian

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

764 passages across 40 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On Acts

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  1. Acts 1:6-7
    “It is not for you to know times or seasons.” He has hidden that from us so that we might keep watch and that each of us might think that this coming would take place during our life. For, if the time of his coming were to be revealed, his coming would be in vain, and it would not have been desired by the nations and the ages in which it was to take place. He has indeed said that he will come, but he did not define when, and thus all generations and ages thirst for him.

    COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON

  2. Acts 2:1
    When the blessed apostles
    were gathered together
    the place shook
    and the scent of Paradise,
    having recognized its home,
    poured forth its perfumes,
    delighting the heralds
    by whom
    the guests are instructed
    and come to his banquet;
    eagerly he awaits their arrival
    for he is the Lover of mankind.

    HYMNS ON PARADISE 11.14

  3. Acts 9:1-2
    This is why the humble voice accompanied the intense light, so that from the combination of the humble and the sublime, our Lord might produce help for the persecutor, just as all his assistance is produced from a combination of the small and great. For the humility of our Lord prevailed from the womb to the tomb.… His nature is not simply humble, nor is it simply sublime; rather they are two natures, lofty and humble, one mixed in the other.

    HOMILY ON OUR LORD 34

  4. Acts 9:4
    The One who conquered persecutors [here] below and reigns over angels [in heaven] above spoke from above in a humble voice. The One who on earth pronounced ten woes against his crucifiers, above pronounced not a single woe against Saul, his persecutor. Our Lord pronounced woes against his crucifiers to teach his disciples not to flatter their killers. Our Lord spoke humbly from above so that the leaders of his church would speak humbly.

    HOMILY ON OUR LORD 26.1

  5. Acts 9:8
    [Saul’s] impairment did not [result] from our compassionate Lord, who spoke humbly there. Rather, [it was the result] of the intense light that shone intensely here. This light was not a punishment that befell Paul on account of the things he had done. It injured him with the intensity of its rays, as he himself said.

    HOMILY ON OUR LORD 26.2

  6. Acts 22:11
    Our Lord spoke humbly from above so that the leaders of his church would speak humbly. Now, if someone should ask, “How did our Lord speak humbly with Paul if Paul’s eyes were seriously injured?” they should realize that this impairment did not [result] from our compassionate Lord, who spoke humbly there. Rather, [it was the result] of the intense light that shone radiantly there. This light was not a punishment that befell Paul on account of the things he had done. It injured him with the intensity of its rays, as he himself said, “When I arose, I could see nothing because of the brilliance of the light.”

    HOMILY ON OUR LORD 26.1-2

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