translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: HEB

label: NET study note

text: An allusion to Ps 110:1 , quoted often in Hebrews.


text: A quotation combining themes from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7 .


text: The Greek correlative conjunctions μέν and δέ ( men and de ) emphasize the contrastive parallelism of vs. 7 (what God says about the angels) over against vv. 8-9 and vv. 10-12 (what God says about the son).


text: A quotation from Ps 104:4 .


text: God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.


text: A quotation from Ps 45:6-7 .


text: You founded the earth … your years will never run out . In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord , making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.


text: Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation. The phrase like a garment here is not part of the original OT text (see tc note above); for this reason it has been printed in normal type.


text: A quotation from Ps 102:25-27 .


text: The parallel phrases to which of the angels in vv. 5 and 13 show the unity of this series of quotations (vv. 5-14 ) in revealing the superiority of the Son over angels (v. 4 ).


text: A quotation from Ps 110:1 .