Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Hebrews 1:1-4
THESIS OF THE EPISTLE
THESIS OF THE EPISTLE
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle_. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, and other...
GOD WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES - The commencement of this Epistle varies from all the others which Paul wrote. In every other instance he at first announces his name, and the name of the church or of the ind...
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...
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...
THE END OF FRAGMENTS (Hebrews 1:1-3)...
GOD. App-98. AT SUNDRY TIMES. in many portions. Greek. _polumeros._ Only here. IN DIVERS MANNERS. in many ways. Greek. _polutropos._ Only here. SPAKE. Greek. _laleo_. App-121. IN TIME PAST. of old....
Thesis of the Epistle 1. _God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake_ It is hardly possible in a translation to preserve the majesty and balance of this remarkable opening sentence of the Ep...
_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...
ΠΟΛΥΜΕΡΏΣ (G4181) _adv._, многими способами, разнообразно. Это слово обозначает фрагментарный характер прошлого откровения; оно получалось отдельными отрывками или частями (Attridge; Weiss). Откровени...
_HEBREWS 1:1_.— The design of the author of this epistle being, as we have observed, to shew the excellence of the Christian dispensation above that of the Jews in every respect; and that the Jews had...
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...
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Paul, though not inscribing his name, was well known to those addressed (Hebrews 13:19: see 'Intr...
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...
1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.'...
AT SUNDRY TIMES AND IN DIVERS MANNERS] RV 'by divers portions and in divers manners.' The first clause refers to the fragmentariness of the previous revelation at any one time; it was given bit by bit...
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...
GOD, WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES.... — The fine arrangement of the words in the Authorised version fails, it must be confessed, to convey the emphasis which is designed in the original. The writer’s object is...
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...
In sonorous and dignified terms the writer abruptly makes his first great affirmation: “God having spoken … spoke”. ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας … ἐλάλησεν, for, however contrasted, previous revelations proceeded f...
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 TO THE FATHERS The writer was so full of his subject that he did not take the time to extend the usual greetings or identify himself. Rather, he launched into a sentence four verses lo...
God, who at (1) sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, The purpose of this epistle, is to show that Jesus Christ the Son of God both God and man is th...
At different times, [1] and in many ways. The first word signifies that God revealed the incarnation of his Son, as it were, by parcels, and by degrees, at different times, and to different persons, t...
(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,...
CONTENTS God is declared in the opening of this Chapter, as speaking to the Church, by his Son. Then follows a short, but exalted Description, of the Glories of Christ's Person and Character....
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...
_God formerly, etc. _This beginning is for the purpose of commending the doctrine taught by Christ; for it shows that we ought not only reverently to receive it, but also to be satisfied with it alone...
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...
GOD, WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES AND IN DIVERS MANNERS,.... The apostle begins the epistle with an account of the revelation God has made of his mind and will in former times: the author of this revelation is...
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Ver. 1. _God who at sundry times, &c._] See my True Treasure. _ God who in times past, &c._] The H...
HEB. 1:1. GOD, WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES AND IN DIVERS MANNERS SPAKE IN TIME PAST UNTO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS…. [A]nd now in these last days hath sent his Son into the world, to be his great prophet,...
_God_, &c. After the manner of the best writers, the apostle begins this most instructive epistle with proposing the subjects of which he is about to discourse; namely, four important facts, on which...
The train of thought in this opening chapter of the epistle is the following: God, who in past ages has given various partial revelations, has now made a full revelation of himself through his Son, wh...
GOD, WHO AT SUNDRY TIMES AND IN DIVERS MANNERS SPAKE IN TIME PAST UNTO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS,...
The perfect revelation of God in Christ:...
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; HEBREWS CHAPTER 1 HEBREWS 1:1 The essential dignity of the Son, by whom God hath revealed himself in these last days. HEBREWS 1:4 His pre-eminence above the angels in office. GOD: the apos...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I With reason, therefore, the apostle has called the wisdom of God" manifold," and which has manifested its power "in many departments and in many modes"[51] Clem...
Hebrews 1:1 God G2316 times G4181 and G2532 ways G4187 spoke G2980 (G5660) past G3819 fathers G3962 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...
GOD (ο θεος). This Epistle begins like Genesis and the Fourth Gospel with God, who is the Author of the old revelation in the prophets and of the new in his Son. Verses Hebrews 1:1-3 are a _proemium...
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 The Bible as a Revelation of God. Two things are affirmed by this writer. First, that God spake to the Jewish nation by the prophets of the Old Testament, evidently in an especial and su...
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...
IN THE PAST GOD SPOKE. God did not disclose his will to the ancients _all at once,_ but in "bits and pieces," With only a few exceptions (such as Melchizedek, Balaam, and Job), God spoke only to the p...
_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 1:1 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 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 1:21; Acts 13:32; Acts 28:23;...
God. Both stages of the revelation were given by God. At sundry times [π ο λ υ μ ε ρ ω ς]. Rend. in many parts. N. T. o. o LXX, but polumerhv Wisd. 7 22. In the first stage of his revelation, God spak...
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...
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...
God, who at sundry times — The creation was revealed in the time of Adam; the last judgment, in the time of Enoch: and so at various times, and in various degrees, more explicit knowledge was given. I...
Our apostle intending here. comparison between the law and the gospel, shews first wherein they both agree, and next wherein they differ. They agree (first) in this, that God was the author of them b...