John Chrysostom

"For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you." Observe again, how he makes the end of the like texture with the introduction. For while he was quite at the beginning of the Epistle, he said, "Oftentimes I purpose to come unto you, but was let hitherto." But here he gives the cause also by which he was let, and that not once, but twice even, aye, and many times. …

Homily on Romans 29 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

At the beginning of this epistle he said: "I was hindered even until now" (Rom. 1:13), and here he presents the very reason that hindered him from coming to them. I, he says, went everywhere preaching, and therefore encountered many hindrances, that is, I often intended and desired to come to you, but was always hindered.

Commentary on Romans ↗

Thomas Aquinas

After excusing himself for the presumption which could have been ascribed to him for instructing and correcting the Romans, the Apostle now explains why he has postponed visiting them. In regard to this he does three things: first, he mentions a past hindrance; second, his intention to visit, at but now; third, he promises some fruit from his visit, but I know. First, therefore, he says: it has been stated that I have preached the Gospel in many places in which the name of Christ had not been known. …

Commentary on Romans ↗