Ibrani 1:5

The Son Is Superior to Angels

1:5 For to which of the angels did God ¹  ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? ²  And in another place ³  he says, ⁴  “I will be his father and he will be my son.” ⁵ 

Ibrani 5:5

5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ⁶  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ⁷ 

Ibrani 7:28

7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, ⁸  but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:5]  ² tn Grk “I have begotten you.”

[1:5]  sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.

[1:5]  ³ tn Grk “And again,” quoting another OT passage.

[1:5]  ⁴ tn The words “he says” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to make a complete English sentence. In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but English does not normally employ such long and complex sentences.

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me.”

[1:5]  sn A quotation from 2 Sam 7:14 (cf. 1 Chr 17:13).

[5:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

[5:5]  sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.

[7:28]  ⁸ sn See Heb 5:2 where this concept was introduced.