John Bengel Commentary - Romans 10:18 - 10:18

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 10:18 - 10:18


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Rom 10:18. Μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν, Have they not heard? [μἠ Interrog. implies a negative answer is expected: so Latin num; you cannot say they have not heard, can you?]) You cannot say, can you, that the faculty of hearing was wanting in them, since faith comes only by hearing?-εἰς πᾶσαν-ῥήματα αὐτῶν) So the LXX., Psa 19:5. In that Psalm, there is a comparison drawn, and the protasis is accordingly, Rom 10:2-7, and the apodosis, Rom 10:8, etc. Hence we clearly perceive the same reason for the Proclamation made by the heavens, and the Gospel,[119] which penetrates into all things [So the proclamation of the heavens, “There is no speech,” etc., “where their voice is not heard,” etc.] The Comparison rests mainly on the quotation of the apostle, and offers no violence to the text.-ὁ φθόγγος, the sound, Psa 19:5, קו. Aquila had at a former period translated that word κανών, rule.-Comp. by all means, 2Co 10:13. Every apostle had his own region and province, as it were, defined, to which his voice was to come, but a rule only refers to single individuals, a sound or word extends to the whole earth.

[119] “The heavens declare the glory of God,” etc.:κηρύσσειν to preach, is properly to proclaim as a herald.-ED.