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God also bearing them witness (συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ)
The verb N.T.o: σύν along with other witnesses: ἐπὶ giving additional testimony: μαρτυρεῖν to bear witness.
With signs and wonders (σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν)
A very common combination in N.T. See Mat 24:24; Mar 13:22; Joh 4:48; Act 2:43; 2Co 12:11, etc. See on Mat 24:24.
Divers miracles (ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν)
Rend. powers. No doubt these include miracles, see Act 2:22; 2Co 12:12; but powers signifies, not the miraculous manifestations, as signs and wonders, but the miraculous energies of God as displayed in his various forms of witness.
Gifts (μερισμοῖς)
Rend. distributions or impartations.
Of the Holy Ghost
The genitive is objective: distributions of the one gift of the Holy Spirit in different measure and in different ways. Comp. 1Co 12:4-11.
According to his will (κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν)
Θέλησις willing: his act of will. N.T.o. Const. with distributions. The Spirit was imparted and distributed as God willed. The hortatory digression ends here. The subject of the Son's superiority to the angels is resumed.