Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside a little while;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
This Gamaliel was Paul's teacher. And one may well wonder, how, being so right-minded in his judgment, and withal learned in the law, he did not yet believe. But it cannot be that he should have continued in unbelief to the end. Indeed it appears plainly from the words he here speaks. He commanded, it says, to put the men forth a little space [and said unto them.] Observe how judiciously he frames his speech, and how he immediately at the very outset puts them in fear.