HEBREWS—NOTE ON Hebrews 1:4 The main theme of chs. Hebrews 1:1 is announced: Jesus is superior to angels. There was much speculation about angels in first-century Judaism. Angels minister before God’s throne. They guide and protect humans. They revealed the Mosaic law (see Hebrews 1:7; Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 12:22; Hebrews 13:2). Yet Jesus is superior to them, in part because his name (that is, his essence) is “Son” (Hebrews 1:5). He has a closer relationship with and better inheritance from the Father than the angels have.

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