Atos 9
Ephrem the Syrian · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Atos 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
Atos 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
Atos 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