Hebrews 1:1, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:8-12 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-3

Christ as Prophet of the Church. This Epistle was written to those Jewish Christians who were in danger of relapsing from their profession of faith in Jesus and returning to the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Jewish Law. If we consider that they had been brought up in the acknowledgment of the Mosaic rites as being of Divine origin, with the power of early impressions; that it was a vast step from Moses to the simple and spiritual system of the gospel; that there were many forms of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-4

EXORDIUM intimating in a succession of choice and pregnant phrases, the drift of the Epistle; a condensed summary of the coming argument. It briefly anticipates the views to be set forth in the sequel, of the revelation of God in Christ excelling far, and being destined to supersede, all that had preceded it, as being the ultimate Divine manifestation in the SON , according to the full meaning of the term involved in ancient prophecy;—of the eternal Divinity of him who was thus... read more

Albert Barnes

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

God who at sundry times - The commencement of this Epistle varies from all the others which Paul wrote. In every other instance he at first announces his name, and the name of the church or of the individual to whom he wrote. In regard to the reason why he here varies from that custom, see the introduction, section 3. This commences with the full acknowledgment of his belief that God had made important revelations in past times, but that now he had communicated his will in a manner that more... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Hebrews 1:1. God, &c. After the manner of the best writers, the apostle begins this most instructive epistle with proposing the subjects of which he is about to discourse; namely, four important facts, on which the authority of the gospel, as a revelation from God, is built; and which, if well established, should induce unbelievers, whether Jews or Gentiles, to renounce their infidelity and embrace the gospel. Of these facts, the first is, that the same God, who gave the former... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-4

1:1-2:18 SALVATION THROUGH CHRISTGod speaks through his Son (1:1-4)Israel prepared the way, but Jesus Christ brings God’s plan of salvation to its fulfilment. In Old Testament times God spoke to people through Israelite prophets, but now he speaks more directly, for he speaks through his Son. In addition, his revelation is much clearer, for Jesus Christ is the exact expression of the divine nature. All things were created by him, are controlled by him, and one day will return to him as his... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

God . App-98 . at sundry times = in many portions. Greek. polumeros. Only here. in divers manners = in many ways. Greek. polutropos. Only here. spake . Greek. laleo . App-121 . in time past = of old. Greek. palai. Elsewhere, Matthew 11:21 .Mark 15:44 . Luk 10:13 . 2 Peter 1:9 . Jude 1:4 . unto = to. by = in. Greek. en . App-104 . prophets . App-189 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 1:1

THE BOOK OF HEBREWS(Hebrews 1:1-2:18)CHRIST IS BETTER THAN ANGELS;CHRIST IS PREFERRED ABOVE ANGELS; BOTH IN PERSON AND IN OFFICEGod, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners. (Hebrews 1:1)Like the Fourth Gospel and the Book of Genesis, this epistle begins with God. There are no apologetics, no hint of argument, no implied admission of possible error, no suggestion of any doubt, but only the dramatic presentation of the grand assumption... read more

Thomas Coke

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

Hebrews 1:1.— The design of the author of this epistle being, as we have observed, to shew the excellence of the Christian dispensation above that of the Jews in every respect; and that the Jews had no advantage in or by their law, which Christians had not in a superior measure by the law of Christ—he begins by giving an account of the dignity of the person of Christ; and intending to shew how vastly he was to be preferred to anyof those messengers from God whom they most highly valued, he here... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:1

1. at sundry times—Greek, "in many portions." All was not revealed to each one prophet; but one received one portion of revelation, and another another. To Noah the quarter of the world to which Messiah should belong was revealed; to Abraham, the nation; to Jacob, the tribe; to David and Isaiah, the family; to Micah, the town of nativity; to Daniel, the exact time; to Malachi, the coming of His forerunner, and His second advent; through Jonah, His burial and resurrection; through Isaiah and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:1-2

"It is significant that the subject of the first verb is ’God,’ for God is constantly before the author; he uses the word sixty-eight times, an average of about once every seventy-three words all through his epistle. Few NT books speak of God so often." [Note: Leon Morris, "Hebrews," in Hebrews-Revelation, vol. 12 of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, p. 12.] God gave many revelations of Himself to Old Testament believers, "fathers" being a shorthand way of referring to them (cf. Hebrews 1:2).... read more