2:4
With the Law God testified to it with signs and wonders. There were the miracles when He brought them out of Egypt: the plagues on Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea. There was smoke on Mount Sinai. Jesus came and performed many signs and wonders, and the apostles did the same, as we read in Acts. Moreover He gave gifts of the Holy Spirit to people. Note that the Greek word for gifts here is merismoi rather than charismata. The emphasis is on the Holy Spirit distributing the gifts.
The point that the writer is making is that this message needs to be treated with all seriousness. It has everything that the Law had, but to a much greater degree. The Law was mediated by angels, the gospel was mediated by the Son. The Law had signs and wonders at its inception, so does the gospel. These miracles were more widespread, and God has distributed gifts more widely, not just to a few. So we all need to take the gospel seriously.
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