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Hebrews 1:3-4 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 1 · verses 3–4
3Who 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; 4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.Hebrews 1:3-4 · King James Version
Hebrews 1:3-4 in context
1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3Who 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;
4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 1:15-17
- Revelation 4:11
- John 14:9-10
- John 1:14
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
- John 1:4
- Hebrews 10:12
- Hebrews 12:2
- Ephesians 1:21
- Philippians 2:9-11
- 1 Peter 3:22
- Hebrews 2:9
Key words (Strong's)
- brightnessapaugasmareflected brightness, of Christ in that he perfectly reflects the majesty of God…G541 →
- upholdingpherōto carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one s self, to move by bearing move or, to…G5342 →
- excellentdiaphorosdifferent, varying in kind, excellent, surpassingG1313 →
- obtainedklēronomeōto receive a lot, receive by lot, esp. to receive a part of an inheritance, receive as an…G2816 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- personhypostasisa setting or placing under, thing put under, substructure, foundation, that which has…G5287 →
- purgedpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- purgedkatharismosa cleansing, purification, a ritual purgation or washing, of the washing of the Jews…G2512 →
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Here the apostle begins with a general declaration of the excellency of the gospel dispensation above that of the law, which he demonstrates from the different way and manner of God's communicating himself and his mind and will to men in the one and in the other: both these dispensations were of God, and both of them…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3