John Chrysostom : "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?" Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet in particular, but the doctrine itself as held by the Jews: the other and stronger one, the argument from the facts-especially from this, that Christ Himself held discourse with him. And he lays the ground for this by other arguments, relating accurately his former madness. — Homily on Acts 52 John Chrysostom : "But, for this hope" he says, "I stand and am judged." This hope is honored among themselves also, because of this they pray, because of this they worship, that unto this they may attain: this same do I show forth. Why then, it is acting like madmen, to be doing all things for the sake of attaining to this, and yet to persecute him who believes in the same. — Homily on Acts 52 Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius : Nor is it greatly to be wondered at if these things are done towards men, since for the same cause the people who were placed in hope, and not ignorant of God, rose up against God Himself; and the same necessity follows the righteous which attacked the Author of righteousness Himself. Therefore they harass and torment them with studied kinds of punishments, and think it little to kill those whom they hate, unless cruelty also mocks their bodies. But if any through fear of pain or death, or by their own perfidy, have deserted the heavenly oath, and have consented to deadly sacrifices, these they praise and load with honours, that by their example they may allure others. But upon those who have highly esteemed their faith, and have not denied that they are worshippers of God, they fall with all the strength of their butchery, as though they thirsted for blood; and they call them desperate, because they by no means spare their body; as though anything could be more desperate, than to torture and tear in pieces him whom you know to be innocent. — The Divine Institutes, Book 5, Chapter IX Oecumenius : "Why is it considered incredible among you if God raises the dead?" He proposes two lines of argument about the resurrection: one derived from the prophets, and he does not dismiss the prophet, but rather the glory of the Jews, and another stronger one drawn from events, that Christ was reported to him as having risen from the dead. And he constructs this latter also from reasoning, recounting beforehand his former zeal. First argument: "Why is it considered incredible among you if God raises the dead?" and another: Would such glory have existed, unless they had been raised again in these doctrines? And when he introduced this, who would not have accepted the statement? "For this heresy," he says, "I am accused; and this is pressed upon them. On account of this they pray, on account of this they worship, that they may obtain this. And this I proclaim." [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts