Discovery BoxHebrews 1:4 
Context1:4 Thus he became 1 so far better than the angels as 2 he has inherited a name superior to theirs.
Hebrews 1:6-7
Context1:6 But when he again brings 3 his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!” 4 1:7 And he says 5 of the angels, “He makes 6 his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,” 7
Hebrews 5:2
Context5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,
Hebrews 6:13
Context6:13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
1 tn Grk “having become.” This is part of the same sentence that extends from v. 1 through v. 4 in the Greek text.
2 tn Most modern English translations attempt to make the comparison somewhat smoother by treating “name” as if it were the subject of the second element: “as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, CEV). However, the Son is the subject of both the first and second elements: “he became so far better”; “he has inherited a name.” The present translation maintains this parallelism even though it results in a somewhat more awkward rendering.
sn This comparison is somewhat awkward to express in English, but it reflects an important element in the argument of Hebrews: the superiority of Jesus Christ.
3 tn Or “And again when he brings.” The translation adopted in the text looks forward to Christ’s second coming to earth. Some take “again” to introduce the quotation (as in 1:5) and understand this as Christ’s first coming, but this view does not fit well with Heb 2:7. Others understand it as his exaltation/ascension to heaven, but this takes the phrase “into the world” in an unlikely way.
4 sn A quotation combining themes from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7.
5 sn The Greek correlative conjunctions μέν and δέ (men and de) emphasize the contrastive parallelism of vs. 7 (what God says about the angels) over against vv. 8-9 and vv. 10-12 (what God says about the son).
6 tn Grk “He who makes.”
