1 Ο Θεός, αφού ελάλησε το πάλαι προς τους πατέρας ημών διά των προφητών πολλάκις και πολυτρόπως, 2 εν ταις εσχάταις ταύταις ημέραις ελάλησε προς ημάς διά του Υιού, τον οποίον έθεσε κληρονόμον πάντων, δι' ου έκαμε και τους αιώνας· 3 όστις ων απαύγασμα της δόξης και χαρακτήρ της υποστάσεως αυτού, και βαστάζων τα πάντα με τον λόγον της δυνάμεως αυτού, αφού δι' εαυτού έκαμε καθαρισμόν των αμαρτιών ημών, εκάθησεν εν δεξιά της μεγαλωσύνης εν υψηλοίς, 4 τοσούτον ανώτερος των αγγέλων γενόμενος, όσον εξοχώτερον υπέρ αυτούς όνομα εκληρονόμησε. 5 Διότι προς τίνα των αγγέλων είπε ποτε· Υιός μου είσαι συ, Εγώ σήμερον σε εγέννησα; και πάλιν· Εγώ θέλω είσθαι εις αυτόν Πατήρ, και αυτός θέλει είσθαι εις εμέ Υιός; 6 Όταν δε πάλιν εισαγάγη τον πρωτότοκον εις την οικουμένην, λέγει· Και ας προσκυνήσωσιν εις αυτόν πάντες οι άγγελοι του Θεού. 7 Και περί μεν των αγγέλων λέγει· Ο ποιών τους αγγέλους αυτού πνεύματα, και τους λειτουργούς αυτού πυρός φλόγα· 8 περί δε του Υιού· Ο θρόνος σου, ω Θεέ, είναι εις τον αιώνα του αιώνος· σκήπτρον ευθύτητος είναι το σκήπτρον της βασιλείας σου. 9 Ηγάπησας δικαιοσύνην και εμίσησας ανομίαν· διά τούτο έχρισέ σε, ο Θεός, ο Θεός σου, έλαιον αγαλλιάσεως υπέρ τους μετόχους σου· 10 καί· Συ κατ' αρχάς, Κύριε, την γην εθεμελίωσας, και έργα των χειρών σου είναι οι ουρανοί· 11 αυτοί θέλουσιν απολεσθή, συ δε διαμένεις· και πάντες ως ιμάτιον θέλουσι παλαιωθή, 12 και ως περιένδυμα θέλεις τυλίξει αυτούς, και θέλουσιν αλλαχθή· Συ όμως είσαι ο αυτός, και τα έτη σου δεν θέλουσιν εκλείψει. 13 Προς τίνα δε των αγγέλων είπε ποτε· Κάθου εκ δεξιών μου, εωσού θέσω τους εχθρούς σου υποπόδιον των ποδών σου; 14 Δεν είναι πάντες λειτουργικά πνεύματα εις υπηρεσίαν αποστελλόμενα διά τους μέλλοντας να κληρονομήσωσι σωτηρίαν;
Hebrews · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
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).
How these were chosen
“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)