of the Spirit of God) This should be referred to, hy word. We have here a gradation, [ascending climax] : for he attributes more to the Spirit of God, than to the signs. — ano — frs%pi, from — unto) A large tract of country. — -IXXvptxovj Illyricum) of which Dalmatia is a part ; 2 Tim. iv. 10. — rb sva yysXiov, the Gospel) the office of preaching the Gospel.
20. As, moreover \_yea , Engl. V.]) He gives the reason for taking those regions under his own care. — <pi’koriy,ovy,svov) The Accusative absolute, in the neuter gender,1 the same as ap% a- /xsvov, Luke xxiv. 47.2 3 — ou % 6Vou, not where) This is more em- phatic, than if he had said, where not ; for he intimates, that he had as it were avoided those places, where Christ had been already known. So Col. ii. 1 ; Gal. i. 22. Paul is said to have been * unknown’ to those, who had previously received the faith. — dXXorpiov, another marls) Paul here does not term Christ Himself the foundation, but the work of others in preaching the Gospel of Christ.
21. O 7g — ffvvjj tovti) Is. lii. 15. So plainly the lxx.
22. n pbg v/jjms, to you) as persons, to whom the name of Christ was now no longer unknown.
23. K >./>a<r/, regions) This term is applied in contradistinction to the political divisions of the world ; for the Gospel does not usually follow such divisions ; even the fruit of the Reformation at a very early period had an existence beyond Germany. — totrnMa v g^wv) This signifies something more than i lirnroOuv*
24. 'fig sav) 'ng is the principal particle ; sc tv, soever ,4 cr upsXxsi , is redundant, in whatsoever manner , at whatsoever time , and hy whatsoever route. — s)g rr\v 2 era wav, into Spain) where the Gospel was not yet preached. — bia^opsuofiivog, passing through on my journey) because the foundation of the faith was already laid at Rome. — <7rponif/,(pQriva,i, to be brought on my way) The passive voice with a reciprocal signification, that is, to leave or commit himself to their care to be escorted by them on his journey ; he
1 It being the object of my ambition. But Engl. V. takes it raascul., I have strived. — Ed.
2 But the oldest authorities read — Ed.
3 The former implies a lasting state of mind : the latter, a feeling for the time being. — Ed.
4 But the oldest MSS. have div, viz. ABCD(A)G. — Ed.