Hebrews 1:1-5

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 1:5

5. For—substantiating His having "obtained a more excellent name than the angels." unto which—A frequent argument in this Epistle is derived from the silence of Scripture (Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 2:16; Hebrews 7:3; Hebrews 7:14) [BENGEL]. this day have I begotten thee— (Psalms 2:7). Fulfilled at the resurrection of Jesus, whereby the Father "declared," that is, made manifest His divine Sonship, heretofore veiled by His humiliation (Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4). Christ has a fourfold right to the title... 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

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:4

These seven facts also reveal clearly the Son’s superiority to any other of God’s messengers, even the angels. This superiority is clear too in the fact that His name is Son (singular) rather than sons (collectively). The Old Testament writers called angels "sons of God" (e.g., Job 2:1; Job 38:7). Jesus Christ "inherited" the name "Son" before creation (Hebrews 1:2; cf. Hebrews 5:8). Within the Trinity, God the Son carried out the will of God the Father in a way that corresponds to the way in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:5

The phrase "to which of the angels" opens and closes this section of the text (cf. Hebrews 1:13). This literary device (an inclusio) marks off a literary unit by using the same word or phrase at the beginning and at the end of a discussion (cf. Hebrews 2:5-16; Hebrews 3:1 to Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 5:1-10; Hebrews 5:11 to Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 7:1-10; Hebrews 12:14 to Hebrews 13:20).David prophetically referred to Jesus Christ as God’s Son in Psalms 2:7, the verse the writer quoted first. [Note:... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 1:5-14

B. The Superiority of God’s SON 1:5-14The writer proceeded to explain the exaltation of Jesus Christ to help his readers appreciate the fact that He fulfilled Old Testament prophecy concerning the Son of David. He did this so they would appreciate Him properly and not overemphasize the importance of angels. Angels were very important in Judaism primarily because multitudes of them assisted God in giving the Mosaic Law at Mount Sinai (cf. Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalms 68:17; Acts 7:53; Galatians... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Hebrews 1:1

1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.' read more

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