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Verse 14. _ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS_] That is, _They_ _are
all_ ministering spirits; for the Hebrews often express the strongest
_affirmative_ by an interrogation.
All the angels, even t...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL - There is not one of them that is elevated to the
high rank of the Redeemer. Even the most exalted angel is employed in
the comparatively humble office of a ministering spirit appoin...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE END OF FRAGMENTS (Hebrews 1:1-3)...
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MINISTERING. Greek. _leitourgikos._ Only here. Compare Hebrews 1:7 and
App-191.
SENT FORTH. Greek. _apoatello._ App-174.
TO MINISTER. for (Greek. _eis)_ ministry (Greek. _diakonia._ App-190.)
FOR....
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_ministering spirits, sent forth to minister_ Here as elsewhere the A.
V. obliterates distinctions, which it so often arbitrarily creates out
of mere love for variety in other places. The word "minist...
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ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚᾺ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΑ ΕἸΣ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑΝ,
“_ministering spirits … for service_.” Here as elsewhere the
A.V. obliterates distinctions, which it so often arbitrarily creates
out of mere love for variety in ot...
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ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SCRIPTURE OF THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST TO ANGELS...
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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...
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_GOD'S ANGELS ARE SERVANTS, NOT SONS -- HEBREWS 1:13-14:_ The
superiority of Christ over angels is seen in the fact that God never
said to the angels what He said to Christ. He said to Jesus, "Sit on...
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ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΌΣ (G3010) служебный; здесь:
служение. Суффикс этого слова
обозначает принадлежность чему-л.,
которая является характерной чертой
(МН, 378).
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ (G1248) служба (TDNT).
Раввинистический...
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DISCOURSE: 2272
THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS
Hebrews 1:14. _Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?_
THE superiority of Christ to angels occup...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS— "I asked, To which of the
angels said God at any time, _Sit on my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool?_"—And Iam well satisfied that no passage c...
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_Superior to angels in universal rule because He is served by angels
Hebrews 1:13-14_
_TEXT_
Hebrews 1:13-14
Hebrews 1:13 But of which of the angels hath He said at any time, Sit
thou on my
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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...
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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation?
MINISTERING SPIRITS - Hebrews 1:7, "spirits, and his ministers"
Incorporeal spirits, as God,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS? — In this verse and the
preceding is repeated the contrast of Hebrews 1:7, in reversed order.
The words “ministering spirits” at once recall the “ministers”
and “...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sit on my right hand, &c. The ancient Jews themselves understood this
109th psalm of their Messias, nor could they answer Christ's words,
(Matthew xxii. 45.) when he shewed them by these same words, t...
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REFLECTIONS
Praises to the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the
eternal purpose, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord! And
praises to his holy name, that he hath been pleased to ma...
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(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...
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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,...
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_THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS_
‘Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for
them who shall be heirs of salvation?’
Hebrews 1:14
The word translated ministering is a strictly liturgic...
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14._Are they not all, etc. _That the comparison might appear more
clearly, he now mentions what the condition of angels is. For calling
them _spirits, _he denotes their eminence; for in this respect t...
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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...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS,.... Servants to God, to Christ,
and to his people, and therefore must be inferior to the Son of God.
The phrase is Rabbinical; frequent mention is made in Jewish...
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The apostle having proved the pre-eminence of the Son, as mediator of
the new testament, above all the angels, from those attributions of
honor and glory that are made unto him in the Scriptures, the...
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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation?
Ver. 14. _Are they not_] See nly Common-place of Angels.
_ Sent forth to minister, &c._] The sa...
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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...
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MINISTERING SPIRITS; GENESIS 19:1-23; PSALMS 34:7; PSALMS 103:21;
DANIEL 6:22;...
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A comparison between Christ and the angels:...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS, SENT FORTH TO MINISTER FOR THEM
WHO SHALL BE HEIRS OF SALVATION?
Having begun with the object of establishing the superiority of Christ
over all created beings in...
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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...
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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...
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ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS? The apostle here proves, that
angels are but ministers to the great gospel Minister, and to the
members of his body the church, and so must be meaner than him for...
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Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians
and who declare both their power in union and their distinction in
order, called atheists? Nor is our teaching in what relates to the
divine nature confined to t...
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Hebrews 1:14 they G1526 (G5748) not G3780 all G3956 ministering G3010
spirits G4151 forth G649 (G5746) to...
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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...
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Hebrews 1:14. ARE THEY NOT ALL MINISTERING SPIRITS? a blending in
reverse order of the expressions found in Hebrews 1:7. The play upon
the words ‘ministering spirits sent forth to minister' is not in...
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Hebrews 1:5-14. Now follows the proof of this superiority in name and,
as name generally implies in Scripture, in nature....
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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...
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MINISTERING SPIRITS
(λειτουργικα πνευματα). Thayer says that
λειτουργικος was not found in profane authors, but it
occurs in the papyri for "work tax" (money in place of service) and
for religious s...
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SALVATION
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
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Hebrews 1:14
Ministry of Angels.
I. The angels are ministering, _i.e._worshipping, spirits; beings
engaged in the perpetual liturgy of the glorious temple above. That
temple has never wanted its wors...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHAT ARE ANGELS, MEN? "Rather than ruling as kings over this Universe,
angels are spirits who serve God, and are sent to help those who are
to receive eternal life." Note the contrast: Christ rules; a...
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_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...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 1:14 MINISTERING SPIRITS. Angels SERVE
believers, those WHO ARE TO INHERIT SALVATION. But salvation is
possible only through Jesus ...
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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
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_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...
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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...
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1 Kings 22:19; 1 Peter 1:12; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 3:7; 2 Corinthian
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Ministering spirits [λ ε ι τ ο υ ρ γ ι κ α π ν ε υ μ
α τ α]. Summing up the function of the angels as compared with
Christ. Christ's is the highest dignity. He is co - ruler with God.
The angels are s...
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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...
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Are they not all — Though of various orders. Ministering spirits,
sent forth — Ministering before God, sent forth to men. To attend on
them — In numerous offices of protection, care, and kindness. Who...
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This is that last testimony produced by the apostle to prove Christ's
pre-eminency above the angels. He is. Son, they are but servants to
believers, to the church of Christ, to the heirs of salvation....