Hebrews 1:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:4-14

Christ greater than the angels. The Jews used to boast that their Law had been given at Sinai by the instrumentality of angels; and they concluded from this that the Mosaic dispensation would continue as long as the world itself. But the apostle asserts here that the Lord Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, is immeasurably greater than the angels; and he supports his assertion with abundant evidence from the Hebrew Scriptures. Hebrews 1:4 supplies us with the key to this whole... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 1:8-13

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:8

But unto the Son he saith - In Psalms 45:6-7. The fact that the writer of this Epistle makes this application of the Psalm to the Messiah, proves that it was so applied in his time, or that it would be readily admitted to be applicable to him. It has been generally admitted, by both Jewish and Christian interpreters, to have such a reference. Even those who have doubted its primary applicability to the Messiah, have regarded it as referring to him in a secondary sense. Many have supposed that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:9

Thou hast loved righteousness - Thou hast been obedient to the Law of God, or holy and upright. Nothing can be more truly adapted to express the character of anyone than this is to describe the Lord Jesus, who was “holy, harmless, undefiled,” who “did no sin, and in whose mouth no guile was found;” but it is with difficulty that this can be applied to Solomon. Assuredly, for a considerable part of his life, this declaration could not well be appropriate to him; and it seems to me that it is not... 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

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 1:8

unto. Greek. pros, as Hebrews 1:7 . God . App-98 . for ever, &c . App-151 . a = the. sceptre . Compare Psalms 2:9 . Revelation 2:27 . righteousness = Rightness. Greek. euthutes See App-191 . read more

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