Hebrews 1:13

1:13 But to which of the angels 1  has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? 2 

Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels 3  proved to be so firm that every violation 4  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 12:22

12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city 5  of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

1 sn 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).

2 sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.

3 sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

4 tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

5 tn Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically – that is, explaining further what is meant by “Mount Zion.”