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Hebrews 1:12
and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but Thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but Thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
HEBREWS 1:12 e`li,xeij {A} Instead of e`li,xeij, which is supported by the great preponderance of witnesses, two manuscripts (a* D*) read avlla,xeij, (the preponderant reading of...
Verse Hebrews 1:12. _AND THEY SHALL BE CHANGED_] Not _destroyed_ ultimately, or _annihilated_. They shall be _changed_ and _renewed_. _BUT THOU ART THE SAME_] These words can be said of no being but...
AND AS A VESTURE - A garment; literally something thrown around - περιβόλαιον peribolaion - and denoting properly the outer garment, the cloak or mantle; see notes, Matthew 5:40. “Shalt thou fold 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...
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)...
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...
VESTURE. Greek. _peribolaion._ Onlyhere and 1 Corinthians 11:15 FOLD... UP. roll... up. Greek. _helisso._ Only here. But see Revelation 6:14. CHANGED. Greek. _allaaso._ See Acts 6:14
_shalt thou fold them up_ Lit., "Thou shalt roll them up." This reading (ἑλίξελς) is found in most MSS. and is perhaps an unconscious reminiscence of Isaiah 34:4 (comp. Revelation 6:14); but א, D read...
ὩΣΕῚ ΠΕΡΙΒΌΛΑΙΟΝ. The ὡς ἱμάτιον of אObadiah 1:1 E and several versions is probably a gloss on the rarer word. ἙΛΊΞΕΙΣ, rec. ἀλλάξεις, which is less well supported. The title followed in the Authoris...
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SCRIPTURE OF THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO ANGELS...
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...
ΏΣΕΊ (G5616) подобно тому, как. ΠΕΡΊΒΌΛΑΙΟΝ (G4018) то, что человек надевает на себя, одежда. Это слово обозначает дорогую одежду (Westcott). ΕΛΊΞΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΕΛΊΣΣΩ (G1667) оборачивать,...
DISCOURSE: 2271 CHRIST’S SUPERIORITY TO ANGELS Hebrews 1:10. _Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but...
THEY SHALL PERISH, &C.— "They, permanent as they seem, shall at length wear out; but thou endurest in undecaying glory; yea, all of them shall grow old as doth a garment; and thou shalt remove them ou...
C. _Superior to angels in universal ruleHebrews 1:8 to Hebrews 2:4_. 1. Because of character and creation. _TEXT_ Hebrews 1:8-12...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 1:10-13) The closing verses of Hebrews 1 present a striking climax to the apostle’s argument. They contain the most touching and also the most thrilling references...
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. VESTURE, [ peribolaion (G4018)] - 'an enwrapping cloak.' FOLD THEM UP. Se...
11 The destruction of the earth and the heavens is but a crisis in their change (12), for they are not to be made non-existent, but created anew. All things are in a state of flux until the consummati...
1:12 Same, (n-19) 'The existing one who does not change.' Every creature is changeable. A divine title. see Deuteronomy 32:39 . fail. (o-25) See Psalms 102:25 ,Psalms 102:27 ....
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...
CHRIST IS SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS. They are not addressed by God as 'sons,' but are expressly commanded to worship the Son. The angels are servants doing the will of God in the lower sphere of the mate...
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...
AND AS A VESTURE... — Rather (see Hebrews 1:10), _And as a mantle shalt Thou roll them up; as a garment shall they also be changed._ The course of thought is easily traced: as the garment which has gr...
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...
(10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: (11) They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as do...
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 UNCHANGEABLENESS OF GOD_ ‘Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.’ Hebrews 1:12 As against our feeling that we have made our own fate, that our sins have laid such hold upon us that w...
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...
AND AS A VESTURE SHALT THOU FOLD THEM UP,.... In order to lay them aside, and make no use of them in the manner they now are; just as clothes, when they are grown old, or out of fashion, are folded up...
In the following verses the apostle, by another illustrious testimony, taken out of Psalms 102, confirms his principal assertion, in the words ensuing. Hebrews 1:10. Καί· Σὺ κατ᾿ ἀρχὰς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν...
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Ver. 12. _But thou art the same_] As in essence, so in will and counsel. Repe...
Heb. 1:10-14. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old...
_And thou, Lord, in the beginning_, &c. These words, with those contained in the two following verses, are quoted from Psalms 102:25, where they are evidently spoken of the God of Israel, the living a...
As Christ made, sustains, and governs all things, and will remain unchangeable for ever, it is safe to trust in him, and to commit all our interests to his care and disposal....
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...
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; AND AS A VESTURE SHALT THOU FOLD THEM UP: peribolaion is an upper garment, cloak, or coat, which a man puts on or casts off at his pleasure; when it is of no more use it is folded up and laid...
Hebrews 1:12 G2532 Like G5616 cloak G4018 fold G1667 them G846 up G1667 (G5692) And G2532 changed...
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 rev...
Hebrews 1:12. AS A MANTLE SHALT THOU ROLL THEM UP, AS A GARMENT ALSO SHALL THEY BE CHANGED a quotation from Psalms 102, with the words ‘as a garment' added, on the authority of the best MSS. The heave...
Hebrews 1:5-14. Now follows the proof of this superiority in name and, as name generally implies in Scripture, in nature....
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...
A MANTLE (περιβολαιον). Old word for covering from παριβαλλω, to fling around, as a veil in 1 Corinthians 11:15, nowhere else in N.T.SHALT THOU ROLL UP (ελιξεις). Future active of ελισσω, late for...
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...
YOU WILL FOLD THEM UP. Earth and sky will be folded like a coat. See 2 Peter 3:10-13. BUT YOU ARE ALWAYS THE SAME. The Son is eternal. He was always with the Father, He will always be with the Father....
_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 1:10 In light of the clear statement about Christ’s deity (vv. Hebrews 1:8), the author emphasizes his role in creation and his eternality....
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
_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 messen...
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...
Exodus 3:14; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; John 8:58; Psalms 90:4...
Vesture [π ε ρ ι β ο λ α ι ο ν]. Only here and 1 Corinthians 11:5. From periballein to throw around : a wrapper, mantle. Shalt thou fold them up [ε λ ι ξ ε ι ς α υ τ ο υ ς]. Rather, roll them up. A s...
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...
As a mantle — With all ease. They shall be changed — Into new heavens and a new earth. But thou art eternally the same....