“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”
God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will — the fourfold witness—the Lord's word, apostolic testimony, miracles, and the Spirit's gifts—establishes the credibility of the gospel with irrefutable evidence. To ignore such testimony is not ignorance but willful refusal.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 2:4
How then was it confirmed? What if those that heard were forgers? Says some one. This objection then he overthrows, and shows that the grace was not human. If they had gone astray, God would not have borne witness to them; for he subjoined Hebrews 2:4, “God also bearing witness with them.” Both they indeed bear witness, and God bears witness too. How does He bear witness? Not by word or by voice, (though this also would have been worthy of belief): but how? “By signs, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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