_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 authority of the gospel, as a revelation from God, is built; and which, if well established, sho... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hath in these last days_ Namely, the last of the Jewish Church and state, which were then drawing to their final abolition. Or the times of the Messiah may be intended, as 2 Timothy 3:1. Here we have the second fact of which the apostle proposed to discourse, namely, that the person by whom God hat... [ Continue Reading ]
_Who being the brightness_ Απαυγασμα, _the effulgence_, or out-beaming, or splendour; _of his_ The Father's; _glory_ In Scripture, the _glory of God_ signifies the perfections of God. See Romans 1:23; and in and by the Son of God, the glorious nature and attributes of the Father have shone forth pro... [ Continue Reading ]
_Being made_ Rather _being;_ (for the word _made_ is not implied in the original expression, γενομενος ;) _so much better_ Higher; _than the angels_ As the Jews gloried exceedingly in the law of Moses, on account of its being delivered by the ministry of angels, the apostle proves, by passages from... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 flesh, and who are zealous and active in the service of God like flames of fire. The expressions intim... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 and true God. “Some have thought they are here addressed to the Father, and not to the Son. But, as t... [ Continue Reading ]
_But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit_ thou, &c. In this interrogation a vehement negation is included; He said not at any time to any of the angels, as he said to his Son in the human nature, Psalms 110:1. _Sit_ thou _on my right hand_ Reign thou over the universe; _till_, &c. He nev... [ Continue Reading ]