Hebrews 1:6-14 NIV

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-13

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

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning , etc. The bearing of this quotation (from Psalms 102:25-27 ) on the argument in hand is not at first sight obvious; since, in the psalm, the address is plainly to God, without any mention of, or apparent reference to, the Son. The psalm is entitled, "A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD ." It seems likely, from its contents, to have been written by some suffering saint during the Babylonian... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

The Son and the universe. "And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation," etc. The main subject of the writer is still the same—the superiority of the Son to the angels; and he here adduces further proofs of his superiority by setting forth the relations of the Son to the universe, in words which he quotes from Psalms 102:25-27 . I. THE SON IS THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE . "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

These verses affirm the glory of Christ in his creative power, and in the unchangeableness of his nature. The quotation from Psalms 102:1-28 . is cited with fearless confidence as belonging to him "who was God," and was "with God," and without whom "was not anything made that was made." This truth, addressed to Christian Jews by a Jewish writer, is the most conclusive proof that it was the work of the Holy Spirit to raise their minds, so jealous for the honor of Jehovah, to an... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:10-12

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