Romans 10:17

ἄρα κ.τ.λ. Then, as now, it was Christ’s word, heard by the prophet and reported, which was the outward condition of faith. N. the underlying thought that Christ spoke through the prophets; cf. 1 Peter 1:11.

διὰ ῥ. Χρ. The word is that which the prophet utters, and it is Christ’s word in the prophet. Pope (J. T. S. IV., p. 273 f.) argues for taking ῥ. Χρ. here of the word spoken to the heart of the hearer; but the thought is alien from the context.