Apostolic Constitutions : And when some said one thing, and some another, I Peter stood up, and said unto them: "Men and brethren, ye know how that from ancient days God made choice among you that the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel by my mouth, and believe; and God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness. — CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES John Chrysostom : See how Peter was, from the beginning, removed from the debate and how he was following the ways of the Jews even still. "You know," he says. Perhaps some of those who had once accused him with regard to Cornelius were present and had entered with him, so that he brings them as witnesses. "From the ancient days God chose among you." What does "among you" mean? It means either "in Palestine" or the "you" is those who were present. "Through my mouth." See how [Peter] shows that God spoke through him and there was nothing human. "And God, who knows human hearts, testified to them"—he refers them to the testimony of the Spirit—"by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us." — CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 15.7-8 John Chrysostom : Observe Peter from the first standing aloof from the affair, and even to this time judaizing. And yet he says "ye know." Perhaps those were present who of old found fault with him in the matter of Cornelius, and went in with him on that occasion: for this reason he brings them forward as witnesses. "From old days," he says, "did choose among you." What means, "Among you?" Either, in Palestine, or, you being present. "By my mouth." Observe how he shows that it was God speaking by him, and no human utterance. And that expression, "Chose:" just as in their own case he says not, so willed it, but, "Chose that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel and believe." Whence is this proved? From the Spirit. — Homily on Acts 32 Oecumenius : Perhaps those who accused him earlier regarding Cornelius were present, and having entered with him, therefore they produce them as witnesses. But what is meant by "God chose to make"? That is, choosing among us while we are present in Palestine. [CHRYSOSTOM] — Commentary on Acts Tertullian : Moreover, in that dispute about the observance or non-observance of the Law, Peter was the first of all to be endued with the Spirit, and, after making preface touching the calling of the nations, to say, "And now why are ye tempting the Lord, concerning the imposition upon the brethren of a yoke which neither we nor our fathers were able to support? But however, through the grace of Jesus we believe that we shall be saved in the same way as they." This sentence both "loosed" those parts of the law which were abandoned, and "bound" those which were reserved. — On Modesty