E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:4
Being made = Having become. hath . . . obtained = hath inherited. more excellent. Greek. diaphoros. See Romans 12:6 . name . Compare Acts 2:21 ; Acts 3:16 . Isaiah 9:6 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 1:3
Who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.Two credentials of the King are noted under Hebrews 1:2, and the other five are given here.3. "The effulgence of his glory" refers to the personal excellence of Christ, making him entitled to the kingship of the world by the very qualities of his life and character, even in the... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 1:4
Having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.The remainder of this chapter, beginning here, extols the supremacy of Christ, as compared with angels. The force of the argument lies in the outlandish burden of importance the Jewish mind placed upon the function of angels in their history, especially in the giving of the Law of Moses. Cargill wrote that by the time of Christ,The Jews had developed an elaborate system of angelology ... They... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 1:3
Hebrews 1:3. Who, being the brightness, &c.— Who, being a beam of his glory, and the express image of his substance. The word Απαυγασμα, which we render brightness, signifies that splendor or ray which proceeds from a luminous body. The words therefore represent the Father as Light, which is agreeable to other places of scripture: see 1 John 1:5. But to raise their thoughts of the matter, the apostle sets forth this Light, by which he describes the Father, under the title of Glory; the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 1:4
Hebrews 1:4. Being made so much better than the angels,— Being made so much superior to, or more excellent than the angels, by how much he hath obtained a more excellent name than they. The word Κεκληρονομηκεν, signifies to obtain, or be in possession of; without taking in the notion of inheritance. See on Hebrews 1:2. Christ is called the Son of God; a name, which implies peculiar love and affection in the parent, and superiority over the family in which he is. Christ, therefore, as being the... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:3
3. Who being—by pre-existent and essential being. brightness of his glory—Greek, the effulgence of His glory. "Light of (from) light" [Nicene Creed]. "Who is so senseless as to doubt concerning the eternal being of the Son? For when has one seen light without effulgence?" [ATHANASIUS, Against Arius, Orations, 2]. "The sun is never seen without effulgence, nor the Father without the Son" [THEOPHYLACT]. It is because He is the brightness, c., and because He upholds, &c., that He sat down on... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:4
4. Being made . . . better—by His exaltation by the Father (Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 1:13): in contrast to His being "made lower than the angels" (Hebrews 1:13- :). "Better," that is, superior to. As "being" (Hebrews 1:3) expresses His essential being so "being made" (Hebrews 1:3- :) marks what He became in His assumed manhood (Hebrews 1:3- :). Paul shows that His humbled form (at which the Jews might stumble) is no objection to His divine Messiahship. As the law was given by the ministration of... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:1-4
A. The Agent of God’s Final Revelation 1:1-4The writer began his epistle with an affirmation of Jesus Christ’s greatness to introduce his readers to his subject. This section is one sentence in the Greek text. It contrasts God’s old revelation with the new, specifically by presenting God’s Son as superior to all other previous modes of revelation."It would be misleading to think of Hebrews 1:1-4 as stating a thesis to be proved, or as giving a précis of the following argument. The author... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:2-3
Seven facts in these verses stress the Son’s unique greatness and the culminating character of His revelation. For the writer’s original Jewish readers the number seven connoted a complete work of God, as in the Creation.First, He is the "heir of all things." All things will fall under His authority. While Jesus Christ is presently in authority over all things, in the future God the Father will subject all things to Him in a more direct sense than the one in which they are now subject to Him... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:3
brightness = effulgence. Greek. apaugasma. Only here. Compare Wisdom Hebrews 7:26 . glory . See p. 1511. express image . Greek. charakter. Only here. The word means the exact impression as when metal is, pressed into a die, or as a seal upon wax. parson = substance. Greek. hupostasis. See 2 Corinthians 9:4 . word Greek. rhema. See Mark 9:32 . power . Greek. dunamis. App-172 . when, &c . = having made purification of. by Himself . The texts omit. our . The texts omit. sins .... read more