Passage Research
Hebrews 1 — Sermon Preparation
God speaks his final word through his Son, who is shown to be far greater than any angel in glory and name. Below is a research summary for Hebrews 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Hebrews 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἄγγελος | ángelos | G32 | 6 | angel, messenger |
| υἱός | huiós | G5207 | 4 | child, foal, son |
| αἰών | aiṓn | G165 | 3 | age, course, eternal, ever |
| ῥάβδος | rhábdos | G4464 | 2 | rod, sceptre, staff |
| κληρονομέω | klēronoméō | G2816 | 2 | be heir, inherit |
| δεξιός | dexiós | G1188 | 2 | right |
| ἱμάτιον | himátion | G2440 | 2 | apparel, cloke, clothes, garment |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Hebrews 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 between God and men, and some went so far as to pay them a kind of religious homage or worship. Thus it was necessary that the apostle should insist, not only on Christ's being the Creator of all things, and therefore of angels themselves, but as being the risen and exalted Messiah in human nature, to whom angels, authorities, and powers are made subject. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Hebrews 1:4–30 (Public Domain)
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