ACC ~ Romans 10 v18

TERTULLIAN: Who else have the nations of the world believed in but Christ, who has already come? AN ANSWER TO THE JEWS 7.

ORIGEN: This passage, taken from Psalm 19[:4], must refer to the Gentiles. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT TO ALL THE EARTH. AMBROSIASTER: They heard but they did not want to believe. For there are some who, in spite of the fact that they hear, do not believe. For they hear but do not understand, because their heart is blinded by wickedness. … If the sound of the gospel has gone out to the entire world, it is not possible that the Jews have not heard it, and so none of them can be pardoned from the sin of unbelief. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

CHRYSOSTOM: If the ends of the world have heard, how can the Jews claim that they have not? HOMILIES ON ROMANS 18.

PELAGIUS: Paul wants this passage to be understood allegorically to refer to the cries of the prophets. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: It is clear that Paul did not put this here as a kind of prophecy but rather as a statement of what was actually going on at the time. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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