What does Hebrews 1:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousnessc is the sceptre of thy kingdom."
HEBREWS 1:8 sou (2) {B} Although the reading auvtou/, which has early and good support (î46 a B), may seem to be preferable because it differs from the reading of the Old Testament passage that is be...
Verse Hebrews 1:8. _THY THRONE, O GOD_, IS _FOR EVER AND EVER_] If this be said of the Son of God, i.e. Jesus Christ, then Jesus Christ must be God; and indeed the design of the apostle is to prove t...
BUT UNTO THE SON HE SAITH - In Psalms 45:6. 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...
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 an...
HEBREWS 1:5 TO HEBREWS 2:18. THE SON IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS. For this theme the way has been prepared in the closing words of Hebrews 1:14. The section may possibly be directed against angel-worshi...
THE END OF FRAGMENTS (Hebrews 1:1-3)...
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....
_But unto the Son he saith_ Rather "But of (lit., with reference to) the Son." The Psalm (45) from which the quotation is taken, is called in the LXX. "A song for the beloved," and has been Messianica...
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...
_GOD'S SON IS UPON THE ESTABLISHED THRONE -- HEBREWS 1:8-12:_ Observe what God said to His Son, Jesus, "But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness i...
Ό ΘΕΌΣ (G2221) _voc._ о Боже. Артикль используется с _voc._ под семитским влиянием (BG, 11; МТ, 34). Бог называет Сына "Богом" (EJH, 228; BTNT, 376) ΑΙΏΝ (G165) век. Здесь используется в выражении, ко...
DISCOURSE: 2270 EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST’S PERSON AND GOVERNMENT Hebrews 1:8. _Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom_. I...
C. _Superior to angels in universal ruleHebrews 1:8 to Hebrews 2:4_. 1. Because of character and creation. _TEXT_ Hebrews 1:8-12 Hebrews 1:8 but of the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for e...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 1:7-9) The verses which are now to be before us continue the passage begun in our last article. As a distinctive section of the Epistle this second division commen...
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. O GOD, [ Ho (G3588) Theos (G2316)]. Grotius, 'God is Thy throne' - i:e....
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...
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...
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...
UNTO. — Rather, _of._ The connection with Hebrews 1:7 is so close (“Whereas of the angels He saith... of the Son He saith”), that we must not vary the rendering of the preposition. The passage which f...
CHAPTER II THE SON AND THE ANGELS Hebrews 1:4 - Hebrews 2:18 The most dangerous and persistent error against which the theologians of the New Testament had to contend was the doctrine of emanations....
to Hebrews 2:18. _The Son and the Angels_. Hebrews 1:4, although forming part of the sentence 1 3, introduces a subject which continues to be more or less in view throughout chaps 1 and 2. The exaltat...
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 MADE JESUS A KING God causes His angelic messengers to be changed into whatever form suits His purpose (Hebrews 1:7; Psalms 104:4). They are simply servants to do God's bidding. Jesus' greatness i...
But unto the Son [he saith], Thy (o) throne, O God, [is] for ever (p) and ever: a (q) sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. (o) The throne is proper for princes and not for servan...
But the Son. That is, to his Son Jesus Christ, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, and lasts for eternity. --- A sceptre, or rod of equity, is the sceptre of thy kingdom. That is, O Chr...
(8) But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. (9) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, e...
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,...
8._But to the Son, etc. _It must indeed be allowed, that this Psalm was composed as a marriage song for Solomon; for here is celebrated his marriage with the daughter of the king of Egypt; (23) but it...
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...
BUT UNTO THE SON, HE SAITH,.... What he does not to angels, and which sets him infinitely above them; which shows him to be a Prince and King, and not a servant, or minister; and which even ascribes d...
Having given an account of what the Scripture teacheth and testifieth concerning angels, in the following verses he showeth how much other things, and far more glorious, are spoken to and of the Son,...
But unto the Son _he saith_, Thy throne, O God, _is_ for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness _is_ the sceptre of thy kingdom. Ver. 8. _Thy throne, O God, is for ever_] Christ is God, then, as i...
HEB 1:6-8 AND AGAIN, WHEN HE BRINGETH IN THE FIRST BEGOTTEN INTO THE WORLD, HE SAITH, AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM. AND OF THE ANGELS HE SAITH, WHO MAKETH HIS ANGELS SPIRITS, AND HIS MIN...
_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 fl...
THY THRONE, O GOD, IS FOR EVER AND EVER; taken from Psalms 45:6-7, where the Messiah appears in the character of the husband of the church....
A comparison between Christ and the angels:...
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...
RIGHTEOUSNESS: _ Gr._ rightness, or straightness...
4-14 Many Jews had a superstitious or idolatrous respect for angels, because they had received the law and other tidings of the Divine will by their ministry. They looked upon them as mediators betwe...
OLBGrk; In the Father's apostrophe to the Son, he giveth him the name of _God, _ and thereby is he proved to have a better one than angels, made by, and servants to, him; and as the great gospel Minis...
Hebrews 1:8 But G1161 to G4314 Son G5207 Your G4675 throne G2362 God G2316 forever G1519 G165 ever G165 scepter G4464 righteousness G2118 scepter G4464 Your G4675 Kingdom G932 Your throne - Psalms 45...
THE SUPERIORITY OF THE SON TO THE ANGELS (HEBREWS 1:5 TO HEBREWS 2:14) He Is Now Contrasted With The Angels, the Heavenly Beings and Intermediaries between God and the world (Hebrews 1:5). Having re...
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 G...
O GOD (ο θεος). This quotation (the fifth) is from Psalms 45:7. A Hebrew nuptial ode (επιθαλαμιυμ) for a king treated here as Messianic. It is not certain whether ο θεος is here the vocative (addre...
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 G...
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...
ABOUT THE SON, HOWEVER. The quotation is from Psalms 45:6-7. Remember that one of the _gifts from the Spirit_ which every apostle had, was _inspired understanding_ of the Old Testament Scriptures. YOU...
_Being made so much better than the angels_ THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO THE ANGELS I. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS NATURE. II. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS PREROGATIVE. III. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS OFFICE. I...
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 of God (Hebrews 1:5) and...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 1:5. ANGELS.—Properly, any living being carrying out the Divine will is an angel, a messenger, a servant. But the word “angel” is precisely kept for such messe...
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 John 5:20; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:11; 2 Samuel 23:3; Deuteronomy 2:37; Deuteronomy 7:14; Hebrews 3:3; Hebrews 3:4;...
Fifth quotation, Psalms 45:7; Psalms 45:8. A nuptial ode addressed to an Israelitish king. The general sense is that the Messiah's kingdom is eternal and righteously administered. Thy throne, O God ...
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...
O God — God, in the singular number, is never in scripture used absolutely of any but the supreme God. Thy reign, of which the sceptre is the ensign, is full of justice and equity. Psalms 45:6....