Hebrews 1:3

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:1-4

Hebrews 1:1-4 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 given unto Him. He has obtained the Church as the first and central part of His inheritance. As the material sun is placed in the firmament to be a source of light and heat and joy, with the rest of the creation of God, so God appoints the Church to be the firstfruits of His creatures the body of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 1:3-6

Hebrews 1:3-6 Christ above the Angels. I. It is very wonderful how, in God's ways, fixed necessity and liberty go hand in hand. From all eternity Jesus is appointed the Son of David; but the development of history goes through liberty, the exercise of faith, of hope, of patience, of joy, of suffering. Everything that is human is in sweetest harmony with that unfailing and unchangeable purpose of God's love which must surely come to pass. II. Humanity in the person of Messiah is exalted far... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 1:3

DISCOURSE: 2268CHRIST’S ASCENSION TO GLORYHebrews 1:3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.A REVELATION of God, by whatever means or instrument it may be communicated, demands our solemn attention. But Christianity requires the highest possible degree of reverence, because the Messenger, by whom it was promulgated,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 1:1-14

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 impulses of the Holy Ghost. In these forms we have received all the glorious doctrines of truth, and particular revelations, and that chiefly in times of ecclesiastical trouble. Hebrews 1:2 . Hath in these last days, those new and good days foretold by the prophet. Joel 2:28. That old men... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 1:1-3

Hebrews 1:1-3God … hath … spoken … by His Son.Personal reserveThe Epistle to abruptly, like 1 John, without either greeting from the author, address to the church, or words of introduction. This omission distinguishes these two from every other epistle in the New Testament, and creates of itself a strong presumption that St. Paul was not the author. It is obviously not due to any attempt at concealment; for the tone of personal authority occasionally assumed, and the personal allusions towards... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 1:3

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Ver. 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, &c. ] A beam of that sun, and the express image of his person, a stamp of that seal. This is somewhat, but who can declare his generation? Some glimpses we may have by such similitudes; the full understanding of this... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Hebrews 1:3

the brightness: John 1:14, John 14:9, John 14:10, 2 Corinthians 4:6 image: 2 Corinthians 4:4, Colossians 1:15, Colossians 1:16 upholding: Psalms 75:3, John 1:4, Colossians 1:17, Revelation 4:11 the word: Ecclesiastes 8:4, Romans 1:16, 2 Corinthians 4:7 by himself: Hebrews 7:27, Hebrews 9:12-2 Chronicles :, Hebrews 9:16, Hebrews 9:26, John 1:29, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 3:5 sat: Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 8:1, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:2, Psalms 110:1, Matthew 22:24, Mark 16:19, Luke 20:42, Luke... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;Who sat down — The third of these glorious predicates, with which three other particulars are interwoven, which are mentioned likewise, and in the same order, Colossians 1:15,17,20.Who, being — The glory which he received in his exaltation at the right hand of the Father no angel... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 1:1-4

PART FIRST. THE ARGUMENT. I. TRANSCENDENCE OF THE SON AS GLORIOUS APOSTLE AND AS SUFFERING HIGH PRIEST OF THE NEW AGE, INTRODUCTIVELY PRESENTED, Hebrews 1:1 to Hebrews 2:18. 1. Transcendence of the Son as divine Apostle of our Age, Hebrews 1:1-4. WITH a most impressive grandeur does our author open upon his readers the full affirmation of the divine origination of the Son, preparatory to unfolding the true glory of his humiliation. If his Alexandrian audience glory in asserting the Son’s... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 1:3

3. Brightness… glory The relation of the Father to the Son is indicated as that of an essential glory to a brightness, or forth-beaming radiation. Hence the Nicene Creed styles the Son, “Light of light,” ( φως εκ φωτος , literally, light out from light,) and pronounces the Father and Son to be of one substance, “consubstantial,” as light and light are one. Stuart asks if the sun and the rays proceeding from him are “consubstantial?” The reply is, that the body of the sun is... read more

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