Hebrews 3:4

πάντα אABC1D1E &c. The reading τὰ πάντα (= “the Universe”) would be less suitable to the context.

4. πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος. “Every household is established by some one.” The establisher of the Old Dispensation as well as of the New was Christ, but yet, in some sense (as an instrument and minister), Moses might be regarded as the founder of the Old Covenant (Acts 7:38), as Jesus of the New. The verb κατασκευάζω is rendered “prepare” in Hebrews 9:6; Hebrews 11:7; Luke 1:17.

ὁ δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός. In His humanity Jesus was but “the Apostle” of God in building His house, the Church. “He (the man whose name is the Branch) shall build the temple of the Lord,” Zechariah 6:12. God is the supreme, ultimate, and universal Founder.