For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Ver. 2. The word preached] Gr. ο λογος της ακοης, the word of hearing, i.e. the promise that fell from the preacher's lips into their ears. Nescio quid divinum in auscultatione est, saith one; I know not what divine business there is in hearing; but sure I am that what we hear doth more deeply affect us, and more firmly abide with us, and stick by us, than what we read.
In them that heard it] In their hearts, as in so many vessels. Faith and the promise meeting make a happy mixture, a precious confection.