Hebrews 1:4

Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.

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In The King James Version

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

In Context

3Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

5To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

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Cross References

Ephesians 1:21Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

Hebrews 2:9But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.

Revelation 5:11And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 1:2-4

Hebrews Concerning this epistle we must enquire, I. Into the divine authority of it; for this has been questioned by some, whose distempered eyes could not bear the light of it, or whose errors have been confuted by it; such as the Arians, who deny the Godhead and self-existence of Christ; and the Socinians, who deny his satisfaction; but, after all the attempts of such men to disparage this epistle, the divine original of it shines forth with such strong and unclouded rays that he who runs may read it is an… Read the whole commentary →

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