Hebrews 1:4
having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
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Ephesians 1:21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.
Colossians 1:18He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in everything he may be preeminent.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and to give relief to you who are being afflicted, and to us as well, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels.
Hebrews 2:9But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard something like the voice of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. Their number was myriads of myriads 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 →