Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiant glory of God, and the visible expression of his true character. He sustains everything by his powerful command. When he had provided cleansing for sin he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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4He was placed much higher than the angels since he received a greater name than them.
Cross References
Leviticus 15:15The priest will sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. This is how the priest will make the man right before the Lord because of his discharge.
Job 37:22Out of the north God comes shining like gold, surrounded in awesome majesty.
Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for you.”
Micah 5:4He will stand up and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. They will live in safety because his greatness is recognized all over the world.
Mark 16:19Then, the Lord Jesus, when he had finished speaking to them, was taken up into heaven where he sat down at the right hand of God.
John 1:4In him was life, the life that was the light of everyone.
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 →