Thomas Aquinas, on 1Thess 2:18

“For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.”

“When Paul says we, he intends a plural meaning, because he writes in the name of three persons, that is, in his own name, and that of Silvanus, and of Timothy. Therefore Paul says: we wanted to come to you, all of us perhaps once, but I Paul, again and again, that is twice, as I proposed; but Satan hindered us, that is, set up obstacles, perhaps through violent winds, as in: "Four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth" (Rev. 7:1).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.