8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.



Ver. 8. For from you sounded out] A vobis diffamatus est sermo. Remigius, commenting upon this place, telleth us that the apostle here speaketh somewhat improperly, by saying diffamatus for divulgatus. This man knew not (belike) that St Paul wrote in Greek and not in Latin; so great was the ignorance of that ninth age. The Greek word importeth that from the Thessalonians the word of the Lord sounded out as a trumpet, and resounded as an echo, åîç÷çôáé . A vobis ebuccinatus est sermo Domini; so Vatablus rendereth it.



So that we need not to speak] A good people may ease their pastor of a great deal of pains.