“Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”
by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. — Dynamis (power) sēmeiōn (of signs) kai teratōn (and wonders), dynamis (power) Pneumatos Theou (of the Spirit of God). Geographically from Hierousalēm (Jerusalem) peri (around, about) mechri (as far as) Illyrikou (Illyricum—the Balkan region), Paul has fully proclaimed the euangelion (gospel) of Christ. The sweep is extraordinary—establishing churches from Jerusalem's periphery.
Church Fathers on Romans 15:19
“For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me, to make Gentiles obedient by word and deed, through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God.” And none, he means, can say that my words are a mere boast. For of this priestly ministry of mine, the signs that I have, and the proofs of the appointment too, are many. Not the long garment (ποδήρης) and the bells as they of old, nor the mitre and the turban (κίδαρις), but…
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