Hebrews 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 

Hebrews 10:8

10:8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” ⁶  (which are offered according to the law),

Hebrews 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ⁷  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ⁸  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

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

² tn Grk “I have begotten you.”

sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.

³ tn Grk “And again,” quoting another OT passage.

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.

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

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

⁶ sn Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5-6 are repeated in Heb 10:8.

⁷ tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

⁸ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).