God, having aspoken long ago to the fathers in bthe prophets in many portions and cin many ways,John 9:29; 16:13; Heb 2:2f; 3:5; 4:8; 5:5; 11:18; 12:25Acts 2:30; 3:21Num 12:6, 8; Joel 2:28 2 1ain these last days bspoke to us 2in cHis Son, whom He appointed dheir of all things, ethrough whom also He made the 3fworlds,Or at the end of these daysLit in SonLit agesMatt 13:39; 1 Pet 1:20John 9:29John 5:26, 27; Heb 3:6; 5:8; 7:28Ps 2:8; Matt 28:18; Mark 12:7; Rom 8:17; Heb 2:8John 1:3; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:161 Cor 2:7; Heb 11:3 3 who is the radiance of His glory and the exact arepresentation of His nature, and 1bupholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished ccleansing for sins, dsat down at the right hand of the eMajesty on high,Lit upholding2 Cor 4:4Col 1:17Titus 2:14; Heb 9:14Mark 16:19; Heb 8:1; 10:12; 12:22 Pet 1:17 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent aname than they.Eph 1:21
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say,“aYOU ARE MY SON,TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”?And again,“bI WILL BE A FATHER TO HIMAND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”?Ps 2:7; Acts 13:33; Heb 5:52 Sam 7:14 6 And 1when He again abrings the firstborn into 2bthe world, He says,“cAND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.”Or again when He bringsLit the inhabited earthHeb 10:5Matt 24:14Ps 97:7 7 And of the angels He says,“aWHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS,AND HIS MINISTERS FLAMING FIRE.”Ps 104:4 8 But of the Son He says,“aYOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,AND THE SCEPTER OF UPRIGHTNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF 1YOUR KINGDOM.Some mss HisPs 45:6
10 And,“aYOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING FOUNDED THE EARTH,AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;Ps 102:25
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said,“aSIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,bUNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIESAS A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET”?Ps 110:1; Matt 22:44; Heb 1:3Josh 10:24; Heb 10:13 14 Are they not all aministering spirits, sent to render service for the sake of those who will binherit csalvation?Ps 103:20f; Dan 7:10Matt 25:34; Mark 10:17; Titus 3:7; Heb 6:12Rom 11:14; 1 Cor 1:21; Heb 2:3; 5:9; 9:28