Hebrews 1:4

and so much is made better than angels, by how much he hath inherited a more diverse name before them. (and is made so much better than the angels, for he hath inherited a more excellent name than they have.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

3Which when also he is the brightness of glory, and [the] figure of his substance, and beareth all things by (the) word of his virtue, he maketh purgation of sins, and sitteth on the right half of the majesty in heavens; (Who when he is also the brightness of glory, and the example, or the image, of his substance, and beareth all things by the word of his power, he maketh purgation of sins, and sitteth at the right hand, or on the right side, of the Majesty in heaven;)

5For to which of the angels said God any time, Thou art my Son, I have (en)gendered thee today? And again, I shall be to him into a Father, and he shall be to me into a Son? (For to which of the angels did God say at any time, Thou art my Son, I have begotten thee today? And again, I shall be like a Father to him, and he shall be like a Son to me?)

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Cross References

Ephesians 1:21above each principat, and potentate, and virtue, and domination, (or above each principality, and authority, and power, and dominion), and above each name that is named, not only in this world, but also in the world to coming [or but also in the world to come];

Colossians 1:18And he is (the) head of the body of the church; which is the beginning, and the first begotten of dead men, (or who is the Source, and the first-born to be raised from the dead), (so) that he hold the first dignity, in all things. [+And he is (the) head of the body of the church; the which is the beginning, or the first of all, and the first begotten of (the) dead, that he be holding primacy, or the first dignity, in (or over) all things.]

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you that be troubled, rest with us in the showing of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with (the) angels of his virtue (or with the angels of his power),

Hebrews 2:9but we see him that was made a little less than (the) angels, Jesus, for the passion of death (or through the suffering of death), crowned with glory and honour, (so) that he through [the] grace of God should taste death for all men.

Revelation 5:11And I saw, and heard the voice (s) of many angels all about the throne, and of the beasts, and of the elder men, (or And I saw, and heard the voices of many angels all about the throne, and the voices of the creatures, and of the elders). And the number of them was 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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