Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 1:4

4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead .

Not made the Son of God, as he was said before to be made of the Seed of David, but declar'd or demonstrated to be the Son of God.

This refers either to the word, declar'd, and then the meaning is, He was powerfully or miraculously Declar'd to be the Son of God: The Greek word ordinarily signifies a Miracle in the New Testament; or else it refers to the last words, the Son of God; and then the Sence is, He was Declar'd to be the powerful and omnipotent Son of God, of the same Power and Majesty with the Father.

By the Spirit of Holiness, some would understand the Third Person in the Blessed Trinity, which is often call'd the Holy Spirit, and here the Spirit of Holiness; but others, and they more rightly, do understand the Deity and Divine Nature of Christ; this is call'd the Spirit, 1 Tim. 3.16. 1 Pet. 3.18. and the Eternal Spirit, Heb. 9.14. and here 'tis call'd the Spirit of Holiness, or the most Holy Spirit; and that probably, becau[illegible: 1 letter]e of its Effects; for thereby he [illegible: 1 letter]anctified his Natural Body, and still Sanctifies his Mystical Body, the Church. That this is the meaning is Evident, by the Opposition between the Flesh and the Spirit: As according to the Flesh, in the former Verse, did signify his Humane Nature; So according to the Spirit, in this Verse, doth signify his Divine Nature. See the like Antithesis in 1 Tim. 3.16. 1 Pet. 3.18.

Because it is said, The Resurrection of the Dead, not from the Dead; some would understand the words of Lazarus, and others, who by the Power of Christ were raised from the Dead; and others, would understand the words of those, who were raised with Christ, when he himself Arose, vid. Mat. 27.53. But in Scripture, the Resurrection of the Dead, is put for the Resurrection from the Dead, vid. 1 Cor. 15.42 Heb. 6.2. and hereby is meant the Resurrection of Christ himself: He Rose again from the Dead, and thereby Declar'd or Manifested himself to be the Son of God with Power, vid. Iohn 2.19.21. and 10.18. and 5.26. 1 Cor. 15.4. And though it be said in Scripture, That the Father Rais'd him from the Dead. vid. Act. 2.24. and 13.30.33. yet that doth not hinder, but by his own Power he Rais'd himself: Seeing the Father and He were One; and the Works of the Three Persons in one and the same Essence are undivided.

Marginal references: Gr. deter[illegible: 3 letters]ned, [illegible: 1 word].