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1 In many places and in many ways, in past times, God spoke to the fathers through the Prophets;
1 DIOS, habiendo hablado muchas veces y en muchas maneras en otro tiempo á los padres por los profetas,
2 lastly, in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he appointed as the heir of all things, and through whom he made the world.
2 En estos postreros días nos ha hablado por el Hijo, al cual constituyó heredero de todo, por el cual asimismo hizo el universo:
3 And since the Son is the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and is carrying all things by the Word of his virtue, thereby accomplishing a purging of sins, he sits at the right hand of Majesty on high.
3 El cual siendo el resplandor de su gloria, y la misma imagen de su sustancia, y sustentando todas las cosas con la palabra de su potencia, habiendo hecho la purgación de nuestros pecados por sí mismo, se sentó á la diestra de la Majestad en las alturas,
4 And having been made so much better than the Angels, he has inherited a name so much greater than theirs.
4 Hecho tanto más excelente que los ángeles, cuanto alcanzó por herencia más excelente nombre que ellos.
5 For to which of the Angels has he ever said: “You are my Son; today have I begotten you?” Or again: “I will be a Father to him, and he shall be a Son to me?”
5 Porque ¿á cuál de los ángeles dijo [Dios] jamás: Mi hijo eres tú, hoy yo te he engendrado? y otra vez: Yo seré á él Padre, y él me será á mí hijo?
6 And again, when he brings the only-begotten Son into the world, he says: “And let all the Angels of God adore him.”
6 Y otra vez, cuando introduce al Primogénito en la tierra, dice: Y adórenle todos los ángeles de Dios.
7 And about the Angels, certainly, he says: “He makes his Angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”
7 Y ciertamente de los ángeles dice: El que hace á sus ángeles espíritus, y á sus ministros llama de fuego.
8 But about the Son: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of equity.
8 Mas al hijo: Tu trono, oh Dios, por el siglo del siglo; vara de equidad la vara de tu reino;
9 You have loved justice, and you have hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of exultation, above your companions.”
9 Has amado la justicia, y aborrecido la maldad; por lo cual te ungió Dios, el Dios tuyo, con óleo de alegría más que á tus compañeros.
10 And: “In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your hands.
10 Y: Tú, oh Señor, en el principio fundaste la tierra; y los cielos son obras de tus manos:
11 These shall pass away, but you will remain. And all will grow old like a garment.
11 Ellos perecerán, mas tú eres permanente; y todos ellos se envejecerán como una vestidura;
12 And you will change them like a cloak, and they shall be changed. Yet you are ever the same, and your years will not diminish.”
12 Y como un vestido los envolverás, y serán mudados; empero tú eres el mismo, y tus años no acabarán.
13 But to which of the Angels has he ever said: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool?”
13 Pues, ¿á cuál de los ángeles dijo jamás: Siéntate á mi diestra, hasta que ponga á tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies?
14 Are they not all spirits of ministration, sent to minister for the sake of those who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?
14 ¿No son todos espíritus administradores, enviados para servicio á favor de los que serán herederos de salud?
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Peter 1:20–21; Joel 2:28; Numbers 12:6–8; Luke 24:27; 1 Peter 1:10–12
- 2 John 1:3; Colossians 1:16–18; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 1:14; 1 Peter 1:20
- 3 Colossians 1:15–17; Revelation 4:11; John 14:9–10; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4
- 4 Ephesians 1:21; Philippians 2:9–11; 1 Peter 3:22; Hebrews 2:9; Revelation 5:11–12
- 5 Psalm 2:7; Acts 13:33; Hebrews 5:5; 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13
- 6 Psalm 97:7; Deuteronomy 32:43; 1 Peter 3:22; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 1:15
- 7 Psalm 104:4; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 6:17; 2 Kings 2:11; Ezekiel 1:13–14
- 8 Psalm 45:6–7; Isaiah 9:6–7; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Romans 9:5; 1 John 5:20
- 9 Psalm 45:7; Psalm 23:5; Isaiah 61:3; Galatians 5:22; Isaiah 61:1
- 10 Psalm 102:25–27; Genesis 1:1; John 1:1–3; Jeremiah 32:17; Isaiah 48:13
- 11 Isaiah 51:6; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 34:4
- 12 Psalm 102:26–27; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; John 8:58; Exodus 3:14
- 13 Psalm 110:1; Mark 12:36; Matthew 22:44; Hebrews 10:12–13; 1 Corinthians 15:25–26
- 14 Psalm 34:7; Psalm 103:20–21; Psalm 91:11–12; Daniel 6:22; Matthew 18:10
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Truly, "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." ( Rom. v. 20.) This at least the blessed Paul intimates here also, in the very beginning of his Epistle to the Hebrews.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… knowledge, "who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they." For it is thus written, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire." But concerning His Son the Lord spoke thus: "Thou art my Son, to-day have I …
Since, "in many places, and in diverse manners," as the Epistle to the Hebrews saith, "God spoke in former times to the fathers through the Prophets;" yet He spoke of Him whom He sent afterwards, that the words of the Prophets might be fulfilled: for "all the promises of God in Him are yea." Psalm CIX
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
At least Paul puts it as a peculiar privilege of the Only-Begotten, saying, "To which of the angels said He at any time, Sit thou on my right hand? And of the angels He saith, who maketh His angels spirits; but unto the Son, Thy throne, O God.'" How then saith He, "To sit on my right hand and on …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Hear also a second testimony to Christ's Deity, that which has just now been read, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)