John Chrysostom : See how Paul is reckoned innocent through the vote of the foreigners, like Christ with Pilate. See how their evil intentions are defeated: they handed him over, so that he might be killed and condemned, but the opposite happened, and he was saved and found innocent. If things did not go this way, [Paul] would have been torn into pieces, would have perished, would have been condemned. — CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 23.28-30 John Chrysostom : If he was acquitted of the charge, why did the tribune send the accusers? That the enquiry might be more strict: that the man might be the more entirely cleared. — Homily on Acts 49