Hebrews 1:6-14 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:11

They shall perish - That is, the heavens and the earth. They shall pass away; or they shall be destroyed. Probably no more is meant by the phrase here, than that important changes will take place in them, or than that they will change their form. Still it is not possible to foresee what changes may yet take place in the heavenly bodies, or to say that the present universe may not at some period be destroyed, and be succeeded by another creation still more magnificent. He that created the... read more

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all - There is not one of them that is elevated to the high rank of the Redeemer. Even the most exalted angel is employed in the comparatively humble office of a ministering spirit appointed to aid the heirs of salvation. “Ministering spirits.” A “ministering” spirit is one that is employed to execute the will of God. The proper meaning of the word here - λειτουργικὰ leitourgika - (whence our word “liturgy”) is, “pertaining to public service,” or “the service of the people” (λαός... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:4-6

Hebrews 1:4-6. Being made Rather being; (for the word made is not implied in the original expression, γενομενος ;) so much better Higher; than the angels As the Jews gloried exceedingly in the law of Moses, on account of its being delivered by the ministry of angels, the apostle proves, by passages from the Jewish Scriptures, that the Son is superior in nature and dignity to all the angelical hosts. How much more then may we glory in the gospel, which was given, not by the ministry... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:7-9

Hebrews 1:7-9. Of the angels Speaking of them; he David; saith, Who maketh Or rather, who made; his angels spirits, &c. That is, the greatest thing said of angels is, that they are beings not clogged with flesh, and who are zealous and active in the service of God like flames of fire. The expressions intimate not only their office, but also their nature, which is very excellent; the metaphor being taken from the most swift, subtle, and efficacious things on earth; but,... 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 1:6

And, &c. Read. "But when He again shall have brought in". Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:14 . First begotten. Greek. prototokos. See Romans 8:29 . Colossians 1:15 . world . Greek. oikoumene App-129 . worship Greek. proskuneo. App-137 . Quoted from Deuteronomy 32:43 , which in the Septuagint reads, "Rejoice, ye heavens, together with Him, and let all the angels of God worship Him. Rejoice, ye nations, with His people, &c. " read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:11

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:4-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:7-9

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:5-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 1:6

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