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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

Christ greater than the angels. The Jews used to boast that their Law had been given at Sinai by the instrumentality of angels; and they concluded from this that the Mosaic dispensation would continue as long as the world itself. But the apostle asserts here that the Lord Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, is immeasurably greater than the angels; and he supports his assertion with abundant evidence from the Hebrew Scriptures. Hebrews 1:4 supplies us with the key to this whole... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

The greatness of the angels revealing the greatness of the Lord. Our ideas with regard to the angels are mostly vague, or poetic, or formal, never evoking holy thought or inspiring praise, or breathing on our soul an hour's calm, or strengthening us to strike a blow at sin. We think there is nothing practical about the doctrine of angels, and so we pass it by. We have Christ, we say; we do not need the angels; they who have the king overlook the courtiers. Yet a considerable portion of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:5

For to which of the angels said he at any time . Observe the form of the question, which has been already noticed. It is not, "When were angels ever called sons?" but to this effect: "To which of them did he ever speak (individually) in the following remarkable terms?" The first quotation is from Psalms 2:7 ; the second from 2 Samuel 7:14 . The second having had undoubtedly a primary reference to Solomon, and the first presumably to some king of Israel, probably to David, we may here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him . The most obvious translation of the Greek here seems at first sight to be, "But whenever he [ i.e. God] shall again bring [or, 'bring back'] the Firstborn into the inhabited world, he saith;" ὅταν εἰσαγάῃ denoting the indefiniteness of future time, and the position of πάλιν connecting it most naturally with εἰσαγάγῃ . If such be the force of πάλιν ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

The Son of God the Recipient of the worship of the angels. "And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten," etc. This verse, as Ebrard remarks, "is unquestionably one of the most difficult in the whole Epistle." We have in it: 1. An august relationship. "His First-begotten." This title is appropriately applied to the Son of God: 2. A remarkable epoch. "And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten into the world." There is much diversity of opinion as to what event in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:7

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire . A further intimation of the position assigned in the Old Testament to angels, contrasted by means of μὲν and δὲ , with further quotations with reference to the SON . A difficulty has been felt with regard to this passage (cited, as usual, from the LXX ) on the ground of the original Hebrew being supposed not to bear the meaning assigned to it. Hence the writer of the Epistle is said to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:7-9

The Son and the angels. "And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels," etc. Here are two quotations from the Psalms; the first from Psalms 104:4 , the second from Psalms 45:6 , Psalms 45:7 . Whether the latter Psalm applied primarily to Solomon or any other king of ancient Israel or not, it seems to us quite clear that it applies to the ideal King, the Messiah. Our text presents additional illustrations of the great superiority of the Son to the angels. I. THE ANGELS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-9

But unto the Son he saith. The preposition here translated "unto" is πρὸς , as in Hebrews 1:7 , there translated "of." As is evident from its use in Hebrews 1:7 , it does not imply of necessity that the persons spoken of are addressed in the quotations, though it is so in this second case. The force of the preposition itself need only be "in reference to." The first quotation is from Psalms 45:6 , Psalms 45:7 . The psalm was evidently written originally as an epithalamium on the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-13

Two more quotations from the psalms with reference to the SON adduced in contrast. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:5

For unto which of the angels ... - The object of this is, to prove that the Son of God, who has spoken to people in these last days, is superior to the angels. As the apostle was writing to those who had been trained in the Jewish religion, and who admitted the authority of the Old Testament, of course he made his appeal to that, and undoubtedly referred for proof to those places which were generally admitted to relate to the Messiah. Abarbanel says, that it was the common opinion of the Jewish... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:5

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