“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.”
But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.' — Psalm 19:4 is cited; the cosmos itself proclaims creation's glory. Yet Paul's point is ironic: creation's proclamation is not the gospel; Israel heard the cosmic message but rejected Christ's word.
Church Fathers on Romans 10:18
“But I say, Have they not heard?” What, he means, if the preachers were sent, and did preach what they were bid, and these did not hear? Then comes a most perfect reply to the objection. “Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.” What do you say? He means. They have not heard? Why the whole world, and the ends of the earth, have heard. And have you, among whom the heralds abode such a long time, and of whose land they…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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