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 2:14

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ⁶  their humanity, ⁷  so that through death he could destroy ⁸  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

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.”

⁶ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

⁷ tn Grk “the same.”

⁸ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”