Hebrews 1:1-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-3

Here the apostle begins with a general declaration of the excellency of the gospel dispensation above that of the law, which he demonstrates from the different way and manner of God's communicating himself and his mind and will to men in the one and in the other: both these dispensations were of God, and both of them very good, but there is a great difference in the way of their coming from God. Observe, I. The way wherein God communicated himself and his will to men under the Old Testament.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

The apostle, having proved the pre-eminence of the gospel above the law from the pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ above the prophets, now proceeds to show that he is much superior not only to the prophets, but to the angels themselves. In this he obviates an objection that the Jewish zealots would be ready to make, that the law was not only delivered by men, but ordained by angels (Gal. 3:19), who attended at the giving forth of the law, the hosts of heaven being drawn forth to attend the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 1:1-3

1:1-3 It was in many parts and in many ways that God spoke to our fathers in the prophets in time gone past; but in the end of these days he has spoken to us in One who is a Son, a Son whom he destined to enter into possession of all things, a Son by whose agency he made the universe. He was the very effulgence of God's glory; he was the exact expression of God's very essence. He bore everything onwards by the word of his power; and after he had made purification for the sins of men, he took... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 1:4-14

1:4-14 He was the superior to the angels, in proportion as he had received a more excellent rank than they. For to which of the angels did God ever say: "It is my Son that you are; it is I who this day have begotten you"? And again: "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son." And again, when he brings his honoured one into the world of men, he says: "And let all the angels of God bow down before him." As for the angels, he says: "He who makes his angels winds and his servants a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:1

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners ,.... The apostle begins the epistle with an account of the revelation God has made of his mind and will in former times: the author of this revelation is God, not essentially, but personally considered, even God the Father, as distinguished from his Son in the next verse; for the revelation under the Old Testament is divine, as well as that under the New; in this they both agree, in whatsoever else they differ: and this revelation was made at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son ,.... This is the Gospel revelation, or the revelation in the Gospel dispensation; which though it comes from the same author the other does, yet in many things differs from it, and is preferable to it; and indeed the general design of this epistle is to show the superior excellency of the one to the other; the former was delivered out in time past, but this "in these last days"; the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and several... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of his glory ,.... Or "of glory"; of God the Father, the God of glory, and who is glory itself; so called on account of his glorious nature and perfections and because of the glorious manifestations of them in his works of creation and providence, and in the various dispensations of his grace, and especially in his Son; and because he is the author of all glory, in the creatures, in the whole world, in Christ as man and Mediator, and in his own people. Now Christ is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:4

Being made so much better than the angels ,.... Christ is so much better than the angels, as the Creator, than the creature; as an independent being, than a dependent one; as he that blesses, than he that is blessed; as he that is worshipped, than he that worships: as a king, than his subjects; as a master, than his servants; and as he that sends, than he that is sent: and Christ may be said to be "made so", when he was manifested and declared to be so; and he was actually preferred to them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:5

For unto which of the angels said he at any time ,.... That is, he never said to any of the angels what he has said to Christ; namely, what follows, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee for though angels are called the sons of God, Job 1:6 yet are never said to be begotten by him; or, with this clause annexed to it, "this day have I begotten thee"; nor are they ever so called in a proper sense, or in such sense as Christ is: this is said to Christ, and of him, in Psalm 2:7 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

And again, when he bringeth the first begotten into the world ;.... By "the first begotten" is meant Christ. This is a name given him in the Old Testament, and is what the Hebrews were acquainted with, and therefore the apostle uses it; it is in Psalm 89:27 from whence it seems to be taken here, and which the ancient Jews F21 Shemot Rabba, sect. 19. fol. 104. 4. acknowledge is to be understood of the Messiah; who, as the Son of God, is the only begotten of the Father, and was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 1:1-3

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 1:4-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:6

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