Discovery BoxHebrews 1:8 
Context1:8 but of 1 the Son he says, 2
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, 3
and a righteous scepter 4 is the scepter of your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:13
Context1:13 But to which of the angels 5 has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? 6
Hebrews 7:13
Context7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to 7 a different tribe, and no one from that tribe 8 has ever officiated at the altar.
1 tn Or “to.”
2 tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.
3 tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.
4 tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.
5 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).
6 sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.
7 tn Grk “shares in.”
8 tn Grk “from which no one.”
