Theodoret of Cyrus: Requirement for Exegesis of Scripture
Exegesis of holy Scripture ... requires a mind with wings that can behold the divine and will dare to enter the innermost sanctuary of the Spirit.- Theodoret of Cyrus (around A.D. 393 to around A.D. 457), Preface to Commentary on Song of Songs, as provided by the translator in Theodoret's Questions on the Octateuch, Preface, p. 5, FN5 (2007), Robert C. Hill translator.

Theodoret of Cyrus: Author Interprets Scripture
Hence, although I am not in good health, I have undertaken this project, trusting not in myself, of course, but in the one who dictated this manner of composition for the Scriptures, as it belongs to him to bring to the fore the meaning concealed in the text. He it was, after all, who in the sacred Gospels presented his teaching in parables and then provided the interpretation of what he had said in riddles. My appeal, therefore, shall be to gain illumination of the mind from him, so I may endeavor to penetrate the innermost sanctuary of the most Holy Spirit.- Theodoret of Cyrus (around A.D. 393 to around A.D. 457), Questions on the Octateuch, Preface, pp. 3-5 (2007), Robert C.

Theodoret of Cyrus: Removing Contradictions is Clarification of the Unclear
Previous scholars have promised to resolve apparent problems in holy Scripture by explicating the sense of some, indicating the background of others, and, in a word, clarifying whatever remains unclear to ordinary people.- Theodoret of Cyrus (around A.D. 393 to around A.D. 457), Questions on the Octateuch, Preface, p. 3 (2007), Robert C. Hill translator.

John Chrysostom: Place the Honycomb of Scripture on the Dinner Table
For your part, for the time being hold on to what was said, remember it, and teach it to those who have not heard it. Let everyone meditate on it in church, in the marketplace and at home; nothing is sweeter than attention to the divine sayings. Listen, at any rate, to what the inspired author says of this, "Your sayings are like honey in my throat, better than honey and the honeycomb in my mouth." So place this honeycomb on your table at evening so as to fill it completely with spiritual sweetness. Have you not noticed how affluent people bring in harpists and flute players after the meal? They turn their house into an auditorium; for your part turn your house into heaven, doing so not by

John Chrysostom: Listen to Scripture - Not Us
So much for them; now listen to what is said by us - or, rather, not by us but by the divine Scripture; it is not our teaching we cite but that of the Holy Spirit.- John Chrysostom (around A.D. 347 to around A.D. 407), Sermon 7 on Genesis, in St. John Chrysostom, Eight Sermons on the Book of Genesis, pp. 126-27 (2004), Robert C. Hill translator.`