Hebrews 1:5 (WEB)
For to which of the angels did he say at any time, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father?” and again, “I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?”
Fathers and councils · 9
Augustine of Hippo
“…My Son art Thou, I have this day begotten Thee; demand of Me and I will give Thee nations as Thy inheritance, and as Thy possession the bounds of the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 7, 8; Heb. i. 5; v. 5; Acts. xiii. 33
Read the whole comment“But as the “Mine heart hath uttered a good Word,” was understood by us in the other clause of the generation of the Son, it seems that a kind of repetition is made in the following sentence, so that the “Mine heart hath uttered a good Word,” which had been already said, is repeated in what He is now saying, “I speak.”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 3, 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“Whence that announcement of the Father which was heard after His baptism, “This day have I begotten Thee,” referred not to that one day of time on which He was baptized, but to the one day of an unchangeable eternity, so as to show that this man was one in person with the Only-begotten.” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 7; Heb. i. 5, v. 5. It is by a mistake that Augustin quotes these words as pronounced at our Lord’s baptism.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…say that God is One, neither dividing His Son from Him, as do the heathen, nor denying, with the Jews, that He was begotten of the Father before all worlds, and afterwards born of the Virgin; nor yet, like Sabellius, confounding the Father with the Word, and so maintaining that Father and Son are one and the same…” — editor's note: The original is ante tempora—“before the ages”—“before time was.” Cf. 1 Cor. viii. 6; Phil. ii. 6–8; Col. i. 15 (πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως—“first-born of all…
Read the whole comment““I do not say,” answerest thou, “that the Son existed not before time; but when I call Him “Son,” I declare that His Father existed before Him, for, as you say, father exists before son.”” — editor's note: The Arians fell into the popular error of supposing that a father, as a father, existed before his son. They also required men to apply to Divine Persons, what…
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John Chrysostom
“He doth not indeed at once assert this, but by what he says afterwards he establishes it, when he speaks concerning His human nature; “For to which of the Angels said He, Thou art My Son,” ( ver. 5 ), and, “Sit thou on My right hand”? ( Ver.” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth” ( c. i. 6, 5, 7, 10 ):—so also here he saith, “but one in a certain place testified, saying.”” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“For, says he, He establishes the words of His Son, when He says, “This is my beloved Son, hear ye Him.”” — editor's note: Tertullian, by introducing this statement with an “inquit,” seems to make a quotation of it; but it is only a comment on the actual quotations. Tertullian’s…
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Cross-references · 12
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 49.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.10.
Parallel passages
Acts 13:33 and Hebrews 1:5 share the same wording (10 words).
Quotes
Hebrews 1:5 takes up the words of Psalm 2:7 (10 words in common).
