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4. συνεπιμαρτυροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ, “God bearing witness with them”; the supernatural witness coincided with the human.
σημείοις τε καὶ τέρασιν καὶ ποικίλαις δυνάμεσιν. “Signs” to shew that there was a power behind their witness; “portents” to awaken the feeling of astonishment, and so arouse interest; and various “powers.” These are alluded to, or recorded, in Mar 16:20; Act 2:43; Act 19:11. St Paul himself appealed to his own “mighty signs and wonders” (Rom 15:18-19; 1Co 2:4).
καὶ πνέυματος ἁγίου μερισμοῖς, “distributions” (Heb 4:12 “dividing”).
κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ θέλησιν, “according to His own will.” The phrase applies only to this clause—the gifts which the Holy Spirit distributes as He wills (1Co 7:17; 1Co 12:11; Rom 12:3). θέλησις is not used in Attic Greek. Pollux v. 165 ἡ δὲ θέλησις ἰδιωτικόν.