And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
He did not come up to them unabashed, but with a subdued manner. Disciples they were all called at that time by reason of their great virtue, for there was the likeness of the disciples plainly to be seen. But they were all afraid of him. See how they feared the dangers, how the alarm was yet at its height in them. But Barnabas, etc.
