Bede : Who made you a ruler and judge over us? In his entire speech, he convicted them, already then being contrary to the law and Moses. — Commentary on Acts John Chrysostom : "But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?" Mark; the very words which they said to Christ: "Who made Thee ruler and judge over us?" So habitual a thing was it for Jews to wrong their benefactors when in the act of receiving benefits! — Homily on Acts 16