God, after He aspoke 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 bhas spoken to us 2in His cSon, whom He appointed dheir of all things, ethrough whom He also made the 3fworld.Or at the end of these daysOr in the person of a Son; lit 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 1And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact arepresentation of His nature, and 2bupholds all things by 3the word of His power. When He had made cpurification of sins, He dsat down at the right hand of the eMajesty on high,Lit Who beingLit upholdingOr His word of power2 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, to the extent that 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 FATHERED YOU”?And again,“bI WILL BE A FATHER TO HIMAND HE WILL 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 regarding the angels He says,“aHE MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS,AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE.”Ps 104:4 8 But regarding the Son He says,“aYOUR THRONE, GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,AND THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF 1HIS KINGDOM.Late mss YourPs 45:6
10 And,“aYOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF 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 MAKE YOUR ENEMIESA 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 out to provide 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