And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
(b) Peter indeed spoke more strongly, but James here more mildly: for thus it behooves one in high authority, to leave what is unpleasant for others to say, while he himself appears in the milder part. (a) But what means it, How God first (πρὥτον) did visit?