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Hebrews 1:2
hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
Verse Hebrews 1:2. _LAST DAYS_] The Gospel dispensation, called the _last_ _days_ and the _last time_, because not to be followed by any other dispensation; or the conclusion of the Jewish Church and...
HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS - In this the final dispensation; or in this dispensation under which the affairs of the world will be wound up. Phrases similar to this occur frequently in the Scriptures. The...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD AND His GLORY CHAPTER 1-2:4 _ 1. The Son in whom God hath spoken (Hebrews 1:1)_ 2. So much better than the angels (Hebrews 1:5) 3. Admonition and...
INTRODUCTION. In a majestic opening sentence the writer declares the theme which he proposes to develop in the Chapter s that follow. Christianity is the final and all-sufficient religion, for Christ...
THE END OF FRAGMENTS (Hebrews 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 e...
HATH... SPOKEN. Spake. IN... DAY. = at the end of these days. i.e. at the period closed by the ministry of John. IN. Greek. _epi_. App-104. SON. Greek. _huios._ App-108. No article, but its absence...
_Hath … spoken_ Rather, "spake." The whole revelation is ideally summed up in the one supreme moment of the Incarnation. This _aoristic_mode of speaking of God's dealings, and of the Christian life, a...
THESIS OF THE EPISTLE...
CH. 1. FINALITY AND TRANSCENDENCE OF GOD’S FINAL REVELATION IN CHRIST (1–4). ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHRIST’S PREEMINENCE ABOVE ANGELS (5–14). CH. 6. AN EXHORTATION TO ADVANCE BEYOND ELEMENTARY CATECHETICAL...
ἘΠʼ ἘΣΧΆΤΟΥ. So אABDEKLM. The rec. ἐσχάτων rose from the following τῶν. 2. ἘΠʼ ἘΣΧΆΤΟΥ ΤΩ͂Ν ἩΜΕΡΩ͂Ν ΤΟΎΤΩΝ, “_at the end of these days_.” This is the better reading of אABDE, &c. for the ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων o...
_GOD'S WORD WAS SPOKEN THROUGH HIS SON -- HEBREWS 1:1-3:_ One major difference between the law and gospel has to do with the manner of their revelation. God's revelation of the law was at different ti...
ΈΠ' ΈΣΧΑΤΟΥ (G1909; G2078) в конце, ΈΠ' ΈΣΧΑΤΟΥ ΤΩΝ ΉΜΕΡΩ ΤΟΎΤΩΝ последние из этих дней. Раввинистический термин, обозначающий времена Мессии (SB, 3:617; Buchanan; Hughes; Lane; Attridge). ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _...
HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS, &C.— This latter age of the world, or the days of the Messiah. _By his Son,_ must here mean emphatically, "By his Son, as incarnate, and appearing in the human nature;" nor ca...
PART ONE The Superiority of Christ as the Founder of Christianity Hebrews 1:1 to Hebrews 4:13. I. _He is superior to the prophets. Hebrews 1:1-3_. A. He is the complete and final revelation o
THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST OVER THE PROPHETS. (Hebrews 1:1-3) Before taking up the study of the opening verses of our Epistle, let us adduce further evidence that the apostle Paul was the writer of it...
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; IN THESE LAST DAYS. In 'Aleph (') A B Delta [ ep' (G1909) eschatou (G2...
1 Though the title, "Hebrews" is not inspired, the opening strain shows that this epistle is addressed to Israelites "whose are the fathers" (Rom_9:5), and who alone had the oracles of God. No author...
1:2 end (h-3) See Isaiah 2:2 . A Hebrew expression, as several here, for the end of the period of law, when Messiah was to be introduced. the] (i-15) Lit. 'in Son.' The absence of the Greek article h...
THE FINAL REVELATION IN THE SON 1-4. Introduction. God of old revealed Himself to the fathers of the race, but the revelation was not complete or final. In our own day He has given a direct revelatio...
IN THESE LAST DAYS] RV 'At the end of these days.' The phrase that in OT. commonly indicates the Messianic age, is here varied so as to imply that the gospel times were the transition to that age. BY...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CONTENTS About the letter to the Hebrews Shape of the letter to the Hebrews Notes to explain the letter to the Hebrews Word List Book List AB...
HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS... — Better, _at the end of these days spake unto us in a Son._ The thought common to the two verses is “God hath spoken to man”; in all other respects the past and the present...
CHAPTER I THE REVELATION IN A SON "God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in His Son, W...
The aim of the writer is to prove that the old Covenant through which God had dealt with the Hebrews is superseded by the New; and this aim he accomplishes in the first place by exhibiting the superio...
GOD'S FINAL AND SUPREME MESSENGER Hebrews 1:1 Christianity is greater than the Mosaic dispensation because it has been given through the Son, whereas the Law came through angels. See Acts 7:53. The...
The first words of this epistle plunge to the heart of the subject. Two truths are revealed: the first, God; the second, that God has revealed Himself. Two periods of revelation are referred to, that...
GOD HAS SPOKEN IN THESE LAST DAYS God changed His spokesman in these last days, that is, the days of the gospel dispensation. As James D. Bales points out, the contrast is between the time when God de...
Hath in these (a) last days spoken unto us by [his] (b) Son, (2) whom he hath appointed (c) heir of all things, by whom also he made the (d) worlds; (a) So that the former declaration made by the pro...
Whom he hath appointed heir of all things. Heir is here not taken for one that succeeds another at his death, but for the same as Master or Lord. And though Christ be inseparably God and man, yet this...
(1) God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, (2) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things,...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
_THE REVELATION IN JESUS CHRIST_ ‘God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son.’ Hebrews 1:1...
2._Whom he has appointed, heir, etc. _He honors Christ with high commendations, in order to lead us to show him reverence; for since the Father has subjected all things to him, we are all under his au...
We have said that in Chapter 1 we find the glory of the Person of the Messiah, the Son of God, by whom God has spoken to the people. When I say "to the people", it is evident that we understand the Ep...
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 ma...
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by _his_ Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Ver. 2. _Hath in these last days_] God doth his best works last (our l...
HEB. 1:2. HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US BY (HIS) SON, WHOM HE HATH APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, BY WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS; It was one of Edwards' major arguments (in his _Humble Atte...
_Hath in these last days_ Namely, the last of the Jewish Church and state, which were then drawing to their final abolition. Or the times of the Messiah may be intended, as 2 Timothy 3:1. Here we have...
HEIR OF ALL THINGS; Christ is the only begotten Son of God, in the high and incommunicable sense of possessing equality with the Father in nature. By virtue of this his sonship, God has made him heir...
In the first verse is compressed admirably the one most vital truth as to the history of man in all past ages; to which Jews would fully agree. God is, without preliminary, presented as having "in man...
1-3 God spake to his ancient people at sundry times, through successive generations, and in divers manners, as he thought proper; sometimes by personal directions, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by v...
OLBGrk;OLBHeb; HATH IN THESE LAST DAYS; the gospel day, _last, _ as after the days of the old world, and after the law given to Israel by Moses: the days of the fourth kingdom of the Roman empire, in...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV For God had determined, as the last time drew near,[9]...
Hebrews 1:2 has G2980 in G1909 these G5130 last G2078 days G2250 spoken G2980 (G5656) us G2254 by...
DOCTRINAL HINTS. In this Epistle, as in the Gospel of John, the doctrine is based on the Divine nature of Christ, and on His incarnation. As in the Gospel (John 1:1-18) it is said that the Word was Go...
Hebrews 1:1-2. The author contrasts the gradual and multiform revelations given of old in the person of the prophets, with the revelation given at the end of the Jewish dispensation in the person of H...
AT THE END OF THESE DAYS (επ' εσχατου των ημερων τουτων). In contrast with παλα above.HATH SPOKEN (ελαλησεν). First aorist indicative of λαλεω, the same verb as above, "did speak" in a final and...
Hebrews 1:1 The Son above the Angels. I. The Son is the end of all history. The Father hath appointed the Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, the heir of all things. There is nothing excepted that is not giv...
Hebrews 1:1. In this chapter our Saviour's glorious person is very plainly set before us, and it is made the ground of our faith, and a reason why we should give the more earnest heed to his words, le...
CONTENTS: The great salvation provided through Jesus Christ who is above prophets and better than angels. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ as God was equal with the Father, but as Go...
Hebrews 1:1. _God, who at sundry times and in divers manners, spake to the fathers._ By the personal appearances of Christ, the Word of the Lord; by voices, by angels, by visions, by dreams, and by im...
BUT IN THESE LAST DAYS. Peter identifies the _last days_ as beginning on Pentecost (Acts 2:16-17). HE HAS SPOKEN. The importance of the message is shown by the Messenger! Not a prophet, but the Son of...
_God … hath … spoken … by His Son._ PERSONAL RESERVE The Epistle to abruptly, like 1 John, without either greeting from the author, address to the church, or words of introduction. This omission dist...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 1:2 Four contrasts occur between vv. Hebrews 1:1 and Hebrews 1:2: time of revelation (“long ago” vs....
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 1:1 Jesus Is Superior to Angelic Beings. Jesus’ identity (Hebrews 1:1) shows his superiority to angels. This superiority includes his uniqueness as Son
THE ESSENTIAL SUPERIORITY OF THE REVELATION IN THE SON _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 1:1. GOD.—Placed abruptly, as the first and emphatic word, in the English translation; and properly so p...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 1:1 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 b...
1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 2 Peter 3:3; Acts 10:36;...
In these last times [ε π]. Lit. at the last of these days. The exact phrase only here; but comp 1 Peter 5:20 and Jude 1:18. LXX, ejp' ejscatou twn hJmerwn at the last of the days, Numbers 24:14;...
THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO ANGELS Hebrews 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ was God in AGES PAST; He was God, manifest IN FLESH; He is God in the AGES TO COME. In His Deity, He is the same yeste...
SEEING CHRIST IN HEBREWS Hebrews 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Hebrews ever stands before us as a great Bible masterpiece on the glories of Christ. The 1st chapter, which we are using, for the...
Whom he hath appointed heir of all things — After the name of Son, his inheritance is mentioned. God appointed him the heir long before he made the worlds, Ephesians 3:11; Proverbs 8:22, &c. The Son i...