Hebrews 2:4
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?
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Study Note
God's confirmation of the salvation message 'with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will' identifies the miraculous phenomena of the apostolic age as divine authentication of the word preached, not as ends in themselves. The fourfold list — signs, wonders, miracles, gifts (merismos) of the Spirit — parallels Acts 2:22's description of Jesus' ministry and 2 Corinthians 12:12's marks of true apostleship, suggesting Hebrews views these as the epistemic foundation of first-generation faith. The phrase 'according to his own will' places the distribution of spiritual gifts within divine sovereignty rather than human seeking, an important qualifier against mechanical or ritual approaches to miraculous gifts. This verse became central in cessationist arguments that signs belong to the foundational period, and in continuationist counter-arguments that the Spirit distributes at will in every age.
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God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.
And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.
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