John Chrysostom : "Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, He removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell." See how he raises their thoughts away from their possession of the land. For if He said that He will give: clearly all came from Him, and nothing from themselves. For he came, having left both kindred and country. Wherefore then did He not give it to him? Truly it was a figure of another land. — Homily on Acts 15 John Chrysostom : "Then came he out," it says, of the land of the Chaldeans: and that if one look closely into the matter, the Jews are of Persian origin: and that, without miracles, one must do as God bids, whatever hardships be the consequence; since the Patriarch left both the grave of his father and all that he had, in obedience to God's command. But if Abraham's father was not allowed to take part with him in the privilege of migrating to Palestine, because he was unworthy: much more shall the children be excluded at last, for all that they may have gone a good distance on the way. — Homily on Acts 15