Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightnes of the glory, and the ingraued forme of his person, and bearing vp all things by his mightie worde, hath by himselfe purged our sinnes, and sitteth at the right hand of the Maiestie in the highest places,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

In Context

2Whom he hath made heire of al things, by whome also he made the worldes,

4And is made so much more excellent then the Angels, in as much as hee hath obteined a more excellent Name then they.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:15And the Priest shall make of the one of them a sinne offring, and of the other a burnt offering: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, for his issue.

Job 37:22The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.

Psalms 110:1A Psalme of David. The Lord said vnto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole.

Micah 5:4And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, and they shall dwel still: for now shall he be magnified vnto the ends of the world.

Mark 16:19So after ye Lord had spoken vnto them, he was receiued into heauen, and sate at the right hand of God.

John 1:4In it was life, and that life was the light of men.

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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