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Hebrews 1:1-14
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Hebrews 1:1-3God spake to his ancient people at sundry times, through successive generations, and in divers manners, as he thought proper; sometimes by personal directions, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by visions, sometimes by Div…Matthew HenrycommentaryLaw and Gospel Compared; Dignity and Glory of Christ. (a. d. 62.)LAW AND GOSPEL COMPARED; DIGNITY AND GLORY OF CHRIST. (A. D. 62.) 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 dif…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:1Retaining the order of the words in the original, we may translate, In many portions, and in many modes of old God having spoken to the fathers in the prophets. πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως—not a mere alliterative redund…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:1God speaking to men. I. THE GENERAL TRUTH THAT GOD SPEAKS TO MEN. The possibility is assumed of such a communication from God to men. Nothing less can be meant than this—that even as one man can clearly make known the t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4EXORDIUM 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 be set forth in the sequel, of the revelation…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-3Christ as Prophet of the Church. This Epistle was written to those Jewish Christians who were in danger of relapsing from their profession of faith in Jesus and returning to the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Jewish L…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:2In these last days. The true reading being ἐπ ἐσχάτον τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων, not ἐπ ἐσχάτων, as in the Textus Receptus, translate, at the end of these days', The Received Text would, indeed, give the same meaning,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Hebrews 1:2-4The glory of the God-Man. So soon as the apostle mentions the "Son," there spreads out before his mind a vast expanse of the territory of revelation—the loftiest shining table-land of truth which the Scriptures open to…Joseph S. Exell and contributors