Hebreus 1

The Nature of the Son

1 Long ago God spoke  * 1:1 Jn 9:29; Heb 2:2–3 to our ancestors by the prophets  * 1:1 2Kg 17:13; 21:10; 24:2; Jr 7:25; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15; 44:4; Ezk 38:17; Dn 9:6; Hs 12:10; Zch 1:6; 8:9; Mt 2:23; Lk 1:70; 24:44; Ac 2:30; 3:21,24 at different times and in different ways.  * 1:1 Nm 12:6,8; Jl 2:282 In these last days,  * 1:2 Ac 2:17; Gl 4:4; 2Tm 3:1; 2Pt 3:3; Jd 18 he has spoken to us by his Son. God has appointed him heir of all things  * 1:2 Jr 3:19; 10:16; Zch 8:12 and made the universe  * 1:2 Lit ages,* 1:2 Ps 2:8; Jn 1:3; Col 1:16; Rv 4:11 through him. 3 The Son is the radiance  * 1:3 Or reflection of God’s glory and the exact expression  * 1:3 Or representation, or copy, or reproduction of his nature,  * 1:3 2Co 4:4 sustaining all things by his powerful word.  * 1:3 Ps 33:6 After making purification for sins,  * 1:3 Other mss read for our sins by himself he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.  * 1:3 Or he sat down on high at the right hand of the Majesty,* 1:3 Mt 22:44; Mk 16:19; Col 1:17