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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:12

And as a vesture - A garment; literally something thrown around - περιβόλαιον peribolaion - and denoting properly the outer garment, the cloak or mantle; see notes, Matthew 5:40. “Shalt thou fold them up.” That is, the heavens. They are represented in the Scriptures as an “expanse.” or something spread out (the Hebrew text of Genesis 1:7): as a “curtain,” or “tent” Isaiah 40:22, and as a “scroll” that might be spread out or rolled up like a book or volume, Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:14. Here... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:13

But to which of the angels - The apostle adduces one other proof of the exaltation of the Son of God above the angels. He asks where there is an instance in which God had addressed any one of the angels, and asked him to sit at his right hand until he should subdue his enemies under him? Yet that high honor had been conferred on the Son of God; and he was therefore far exalted above them. “Sit on my right hand;” see notes on Hebrews 1:3. This passage is taken from Psalms 110:1, a Psalm that is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:10-12

Hebrews 1:10-12. And thou, Lord, in the beginning, &c. These words, with those contained in the two following verses, are quoted from Psalms 102:25-27, where they are evidently spoken of the God of Israel, the living and true God. “Some have thought they are here addressed to the Father, and not to the Son. But, as the former passages are directed to the Son, it is reasonable to suppose this is so likewise: especially as it would not have been to the apostle’s purpose to quote it here,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:13

Hebrews 1:13 . But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit thou, &c. In this interrogation a vehement negation is included; He said not at any time to any of the angels, as he said to his Son in the human nature, Psalms 110:1. Sit thou on my right hand Reign thou over the universe; till, &c. He never spake these words, or the like, concerning them; there is no testimony to that purpose recorded in the whole book of God, the only means of such knowledge, and rule of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:5-14

Christ greater than angels (1:5-14)According to Jewish beliefs, angels were beings of a high order who fulfilled an important role in the giving of God’s law to Israel (Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19). The writer therefore shows from the Old Testament (which the Jews believed to be the Word of God) that Jesus Christ is greater than angels. His birth into the world as a man does not mean that he is inferior to angels. On the contrary, angels worship him, for he is God, inseparably united with his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:11

remainest. Greek. diameno. See Galatians 1:2 , Galatians 1:5 . wax old . Greek. palaioo. Only here, Hebrews 8:13 .Luke 12:33 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:12

vesture . Greek. peribolaion. Onlyhere and 1 Corinthians 11:15 fold . . . up = roll . . . up. Greek. helisso. Only here. But see Revelation 6:14 . changed . Greek. allaaso. See Acts 6:14 . fail . Greek. ekleipo. Only here, and Luke 16:9 ; Luke 22:32 . Verses 10-12 are from Psalms 102:25-27 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:13

to . Greek. pros. App-104 . on . Greek. ek. App-104 . Thy footstool = a footstool (Greek. hupopodion) of Thy feet. See Matthew 22:44 . Cited from Psalms 110:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 1:13

But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?The seventh quotation is Psalms 110:1; and the complete verse is thus: "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool." Here is another instance of God's being both the speaker and the person spoken to; and it is upon the most convincing evidence that this Psalm is considered Messianic, seeing that Christ himself... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 1:11-12

Hebrews 1:11-12. They shall perish, &c.— "They, permanent as they seem, shall at length wear out; but thou endurest in undecaying glory; yea, all of them shall grow old as doth a garment; and thou shalt remove them out of their place, and introduce a new scene of things, with as much ease as a prince lays aside one robe, and puts on another; but thou art ever the same, and thy years shall not fail through everlasting ages, nor can thy perfections admit of any possible diminution." How... read more

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