Hebrews 1:11

1:11 They will perish, but you continue.

And they will all grow old like a garment,

Hebrews 5:6

5:6 as also in another place God ¹  says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ² 

Hebrews 7:17

7:17 For here is the testimony about him: ³  “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ⁴ 

Hebrews 1:10

1:10 And,

“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, ⁵ 

and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Hebrews 1:12

1:12 and like a robe you will fold them up

and like a garment ⁶  they will be changed,

but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ⁷ 

Hebrews 5:5

5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ⁸  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ⁹ 

Hebrews 7:21

7:21 but Jesus ¹⁰  did so ¹¹  with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” ¹²  –

Hebrews 1:5

The Son Is Superior to Angels

1:5 For to which of the angels did God ¹³  ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? ¹⁴  And in another place ¹⁵  he says, ¹⁶  “I will be his father and he will be my son.” ¹⁷ 

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

² sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.

¹ tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”

² sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).

¹ sn You founded the earth…your years will never run out. In its original setting Ps 102:25-27 refers to the work of God in creation, but here in Hebrews 1:10-12 the writer employs it in reference to Christ, the Lord, making a strong argument for the essential deity of the Son.

¹ tc The words “like a garment” (ὡς ἱμάτιον, Jw" Jimation) are found in excellent and early mss (Ì⁴⁶ א A B D* 1739) though absent in a majority of witnesses (D¹ Ψ 0243 0278 33 1881 Ï lat sy bo). Although it is possible that longer reading was produced by overzealous scribes who wanted to underscore the frailty of creation, it is much more likely that the shorter reading was produced by scribes who wanted to conform the wording to that of Ps 102:26 (101:27 LXX), which here lacks the second “like a garment.” Both external and internal considerations decidedly favor the longer reading, and point to the author of Hebrews as the one underscoring the difference between the Son and creation.

² sn A quotation from Ps 102:25-27.

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

² tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.

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

² tn The words “did so” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

³ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6, 6:20, and 7:17).

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

² tn Grk “I have begotten you.”

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.”