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 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ⁶  Christ ⁷  offered ⁸  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

Ibrani 8:9

8:9 “It will not be like the covenant ⁹  that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

[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).

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

[8:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “not like the covenant,” continuing the description of v. 8b.