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God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. <a href="/esv/hebrews/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. <a href="/blb/hebrews/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the ages, <a href="/kjv/hebrews/1.htm">King James Bible</a> Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/1.htm">New King James Version</a> has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, <a href="/amp/hebrews/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum]. <a href="/csb/hebrews/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. God has appointed him heir of all things and made the universe through him. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him. <a href="/asv/hebrews/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/cev/hebrews/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But now at last, God sent his Son to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son. <a href="/erv/hebrews/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/gwt/hebrews/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. God made his Son responsible for everything. His Son is the one through whom God made the universe. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one through whom God created the universe, the one whom God has chosen to possess all things at the end. <a href="/isv/hebrews/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe. <a href="/msb/hebrews/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. <a href="/net/hebrews/1.htm">NET Bible</a> in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> in these last days has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/wey/hebrews/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages. <a href="/web/hebrews/1.htm">World English Bible</a> has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> in these last days speaks to us in [His] Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the ages; <a href="/blb/hebrews/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the ages, <a href="/ylt/hebrews/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages; <a href="/slt/hebrews/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> At these last days spake to us in the Son, whom he set heir of all things, by whom also he made the times;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> lastly, in these days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he appointed as the heir of all things, and through whom he made the world. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/1.htm">New American Bible</a> in these last days, he spoke to us through a son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created the universe, <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Whom he has appointed heir of all things, and by whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And in these last days he has spoken with us by his Son, whom he ordained The Heir of all things, and by him he made the universe.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom, also, he made the ages; <a href="/godbey/hebrews/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> whom he put forth the heir of all things, and through whom he created the ages; <a href="/haweis/hebrews/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> in these last days hath spoken to us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; <a href="/mace/hebrews/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> whom he hath constituted heir of all things, by whom also be made the world. <a href="/wey/hebrews/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> at the end of these days spake to us in His Son, Whom He appointed Heir of all things, through Whom also He constituted the ages; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/1-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=6" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/1.htm">The Supremacy of the Son</a> 1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. 2<a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: ep’ (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">But in</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutōn (DPro-GFP) -- This; he, she, it. ">these</a> <a href="/greek/2078.htm" title="2078: eschatou (Adj-GNS) -- Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.">last</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerōn (N-GFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/2980.htm" title="2980: elalēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.">He has spoken</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmin (PPro-D1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">to us</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huiō (N-DMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">His Son,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hon (RelPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">whom</a> <a href="/greek/5087.htm" title="5087: ethēken (V-AIA-3S) -- To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.">He appointed</a> <a href="/greek/2818.htm" title="2818: klēronomon (N-AMS) -- From kleros and the base of nomos (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. Inheritor; by implication, a possessor.">heir</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all things,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hou (RelPro-GMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">whom</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: epoiēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">He made</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/165.htm" title="165: aiōnas (N-AMP) -- From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period.">universe.</a> 3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a> For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <a href="/1_corinthians/8-6.htm">1 Corinthians 8:6</a> yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a> The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a> Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm">Ephesians 1:20-23</a> which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, / far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. / And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, ... <a href="/john/14-9.htm">John 14:9</a> Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a> The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. <a href="/romans/11-36.htm">Romans 11:36</a> For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen. <a href="/revelation/3-14.htm">Revelation 3:14</a> To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. <a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a> Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. <a href="/acts/2-36.htm">Acts 2:36</a> Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!” <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">1 Peter 1:20</a> He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. <a href="/john/17-5.htm">John 17:5</a> And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed. <a href="/1_john/5-20.htm">1 John 5:20</a> And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;these.<a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1</a> And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.<a href="/numbers/24-14.htm">Numbers 24:14</a> And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30</a> When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;spoken.<a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5,8</a> For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? … <a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">Hebrews 2:3</a> How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;<a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8</a> Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;appointed.<a href="/hebrews/2-8.htm">Hebrews 2:8,9</a> Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him… <a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6-9</a> Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion… <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6,7</a> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace… by whom.<a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm">Proverbs 8:22-31</a> The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old… <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Isaiah 44:24</a> Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;<a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Isaiah 45:12,18</a> I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/titus/3-7.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">Created</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/colossians/2-7.htm">Established</a> <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/galatians/4-30.htm">Heir</a> <a href="/titus/3-7.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-20.htm">Last</a> <a href="/philemon/1-14.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-9.htm">Pre-Destined</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Universe</a> <a href="/titus/2-12.htm">World</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">Worlds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-7.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Created</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Heir</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-4.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-8.htm">Last</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">Pre-Destined</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Universe</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-6.htm">World</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Worlds</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 1</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Christ in these last times coming to us from the Father,</a> 4. <a href="/hebrews/1-4.htm">is preferred above the angels, both in person and office.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But in these last days This phrase indicates a shift from the previous ways God communicated with humanity, such as through prophets. "Last days" refers to the era initiated by Christ's first coming, marking the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and the beginning of the end times. This period is characterized by the revelation of God's final plan for salvation through Jesus Christ.He has spoken to us by His Son God's ultimate revelation comes through Jesus Christ, who is superior to the prophets. Unlike the fragmented messages of the past, Jesus embodies the complete and final Word of God. This emphasizes the unique authority and divinity of Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1-14</a>, where Jesus is described as the Word made flesh.whom He appointed heir of all things This highlights Jesus' divine authority and inheritance, fulfilling the promise of <a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8</a>, where God declares His Son as the heir of the nations. As the heir, Jesus possesses all creation, underscoring His sovereignty and the fulfillment of God's covenant promises through Him.and through whom He made the universe Jesus is not only the heir but also the agent of creation, affirming His preexistence and divine nature. This aligns with <a href="/john/1-3.htm">John 1:3</a> and <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16</a>, which state that all things were made through Him. It underscores the belief in Christ's active role in creation, emphasizing His power and authority over the universe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The ultimate communicator who has spoken through His Son in these last days. 2. <a href="/topical/h/his_son.htm">His Son (Jesus Christ)</a> The central figure through whom God has spoken, appointed as heir of all things, and the agent of creation. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_last_days.htm">The Last Days</a> A term referring to the period initiated by the coming of Christ, marking the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_universe.htm">The Universe</a> The entirety of creation, which was made through Jesus Christ, emphasizing His divine role and authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_finality_of_god's_revelation_in_christ.htm">The Finality of God's Revelation in Christ</a> Jesus is the ultimate and final revelation of God. In Him, we have the complete picture of God's nature and will. <a href="/topical/t/the_authority_of_jesus.htm">The Authority of Jesus</a> As the heir of all things, Jesus holds supreme authority. Our lives should reflect submission to His lordship. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus_in_creation.htm">The Role of Jesus in Creation</a> Recognizing Jesus as the agent of creation should lead us to worship Him as the Creator and sustainer of all things. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_last_days.htm">Living in the Last Days</a> Understanding that we live in the "last days" should motivate us to live with urgency and purpose, aligning our lives with God's redemptive plan. <a href="/topical/l/listening_to_god's_son.htm">Listening to God's Son</a> Since God has spoken through His Son, we must prioritize listening to and obeying Jesus' teachings as recorded in Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 1</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_end_times.htm">What does the Bible say about the end times?</a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_superior_to_the_angels.htm">Is Jesus superior to the angels?</a> <a href="/q/why_label_2_tim_3_1-5_traits_as_unique.htm">In 2 Timothy 3:1–5, how can we label these behaviors as uniquely “last days” traits when similar conduct is observable in every era of human history? </a> <a href="/q/does_2_tim_4_3-4_conflict_with_gradual_truth.htm">In 2 Timothy 4:3–4, does the warning about people turning away from truth conflict with other biblical passages where truth is revealed more gradually? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Hath in these last days . . .--Better, at the end of these days spake unto us in a Son. The thought common to the two verses is "God hath spoken to man"; in all other respects the past and the present stand contrasted. The manifold successive partial disclosures of God's will have given place to one revelation, complete and final; for He who spake in the prophets hath now spoken "in a Son." The whole stress lies on these last words. The rendering "a Son" may at first cause surprise, but it is absolutely needed; not, "Who is the Revealer?" but, "What is He?" is the question answered in these words. The writer does not speak of a Son in the sense of one out of many; the very contrast with the prophets (who in the lower sense were amongst God's sons) would be sufficient to prove this, but the words which follow, and the whole contents of this chapter, are designed to show the supreme dignity of Him who is God's latest Representative on earth. The prophet's commission extended no farther than the special message of his words and life; "a Son" spoke with His Father's authority, with complete knowledge of His will and purpose. It is impossible to read these first lines (in which the whole argument of the Epistle is enfolded) without recalling the prologue of the fourth Gospel. The name "Word" is not mentioned here, and the highest level of St. John's teaching is not reached; but the idea which "the Word" expresses, and the thought of the Only Begotten as declaring and interpreting the Father (<a href="/john/1-18.htm" title="No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.">John 1:18</a>; also <a href="/john/14-10.htm" title="Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak to you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.">John 14:10</a>; <a href="/john/14-24.htm" title="He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.">John 14:24</a>) are present throughout. There is something unusual in the words, "at the end of these days." St. Peter speaks of the manifestation of Christ "at the end of the times" (<a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm" title="Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,">1Peter 1:20</a>); and both in the Old Testament and in the New we not unfrequently read "at the end (or, in the last) of the days." (See <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm" title="Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,">2Peter 3:3</a>; <a href="/jude/1-18.htm" title="How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.">Jude 1:18</a>; <a href="/numbers/24-14.htm" title="And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, and I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.">Numbers 24:14</a>; <a href="/daniel/10-14.htm" title="Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall your people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.">Daniel 10:14</a>, &c.) The peculiarity of the expression here lies in "these days." The ages preceding and following the appearance of Messiah are in Jewish writers known as "this world" (or, age) and the "coming world" (or, age); the "days of Messiah" seem to have been classed sometimes with the former, sometimes with the latter period; but "the end of these days" would be understood by every Jewish reader to denote the time of His appearing. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - In these last days. The true reading being ἐπ ἐσχάτον τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων, not ἐπ ἐσχάτων, as in the Textus Receptus, translate, at the end of these days', The Received Text would, indeed, give the same meaning, the position of the article denoting' "the last of these days," not "these last days." The reference appears to be to the common rabbinical division of time into αἰὼν οϋτος, and αἰὼν μέλλων, or ἐρχόμενος: the former denoting the pro-Messianic, the latter the Messianic period. Thus "these days" is equivalent to αἰὼν ου{τος, "the present age," and the whole expression to ἐπὶ συντέλειᾳ τῶν αἰώνων, "at the end of the ages" (infra, <a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a>); cf. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a>," for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come." The term, αἰὼν μέλλων, is also used in this Epistle (Hebrews 6:5); cf. Hebrews 2:5, τὴν οἰκουμένην τὴν μέλλουσαν. For allusions elsewhere to the two periods, cf. <a href="/matthew/12-32.htm">Matthew 12:32</a>; <a href="/mark/10-30.htm">Mark 10:30</a>; <a href="/luke/18-30.htm">Luke 18:30</a>; <a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm">Ephesians 1:21</a>; <a href="/titus/2-12.htm">Titus 2:12</a>. Cf. also in Old Testament, <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>, where, for "Everlasting Father," Cod. Alex. has πατὴρ τοῦ μελλόντος αἰῶνος. A subject of discussion has been the point of division between the two ages - whether the commencement of the Christian dispensation, ushered in by the exaltation of Christ, or his second advent. The conception in the Jewish mind, founded on Messianic prophecy, would, of course, be undefined. It would only be that the coming of the Messiah would inaugurate a new order of things. But how did the New Testament writers after Christ's ascension conceive the two ages? Did they regard themselves as living at the end of the former age or at the beginning of the new one? The passage before us does not help to settle the question, nor does <a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a>; for the reference in both cases is to the historical manifestation of Christ before his ascension. But others of the passages cited above seem certainly to imply that "the coming age" was regarded as still future. It has been said, indeed, with regard to this apparent inference from some of them, that the writers were regarding their own age from the old Jewish standing-point when they spoke of it as future, or only used well-known phrases to denote the two ages, though they were no longer strictly applicable (see Alford's note on Hebrews 2:5). But this explanation cannot well be made to apply to such passages as <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a> and <a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm">Ephesians 1:21</a>, or to those in the Gospels. It would appear from them that it was not till the παρούσια (or, as it is designated in the pastoral Epistles, the ἐπιφάνεια) of Christ that "the coming age" of prophecy was regarded as destined to begin, ushering in "new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (<a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a>). Still, though "that day" was in the future, the first coming of Christ had been, as it were, its dawn, signifying its approach and preparing believers for meeting it. "The darkness was passing away; the true light was already shining" (<a href="/1_john/2-8.htm">1 John 2:8</a>). Hence the apostolic writers sometimes speak as if already in the "coming age;" as being already citizens of heaven (<a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a>); as already "made to sit with Christ in the heavenly places" (<a href="/ephesians/2-6.htm">Ephesians 2:6</a>); having already "tasted the powers of the age to come" (<a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">Hebrews 6:5</a>). In a certain sense they felt themselves in the new order of things, though, strictly speaking, they still regarded their own age as but the end of the old one, irradiated by the light of the new. To understand fully their language on the subject, we should remember that they supposed the second advent to be more imminent than it was. St. Paul, at one time certainly, thought that it might be before his own death (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">2 Corinthians 5:4</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:15</a>). Thus they might naturally speak of their own time as the conclusion of the former age, though regarding the second advent as the commencement of the new one. But the prolongation of "the end of these days," unforeseen by them, does not affect the essence of their teaching on the subject. In the Divine counsels "one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Hath spoken unto us (more properly, spake to us) in his Son. "His" is here properly supplied to give the meaning of ἐν υἱῷ. The rendering, a SON, which seems to have the advantage of literalism, would be misleading if it suggested the idea of one among many sons, or a son in the same sense in which others are sons. For though the designation, "son of God," is undoubtedly used in subordinate senses - applied e.g. to Adam, to angels, to good men, to Christians - yet what follows in the Epistle fixes its peculiar meaning here. The entire drift of the earlier part of the Epistle is to show that the idea involved in the word "Son," as applied to the Messiah in prophecy, is that of a relation to God far above that of the angels or of Moses, and altogether unique in its character. This idea must have been in the writer's mind when he selected the phrases of his exordium. Nor is the article required for the sense intended. Its omission, in fact, brings it out. Ἐν τῷ υἱῷ would have drawn especial attention to "the personage in whom God spake; ἐν υἱῷ does so rather to the mode of the speaking - it is equivalent to "in one who was SON." Son-revelation (as afterwards explained), is contrasted with previous prophetic revelations (cf. for omission of the article before υἱὸς, <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a>; <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Hebrews 5:8</a>; <a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm">Hebrews 7:28</a>). Whom he appointed (or, constituted) heir of all things; not, as in the A.V., "hath appointed." The verb is in the aorist, and here the indefinite sense of the aorist should be preserved. "Convenienter statim sub Filii nomen memoratur haereditas" (Bengel). Two questions arise. (1) Was it in respect of his eternal Divinity, or of his manifestation in time, that the Son was appointed "Heir of all things?" (2) When is God to be conceived as so appointing him? i.e. What is the time, if any, to be assigned to the indefinite aorist? In answer to question (1) the second alternative is to be preferred. For (a) his eternal pre-existence has not yet been touched upon: it is introduced, as it were parenthetically, in the next and following clauses. (b) Though the term Son is legitimately used in theology to denote the eternal relation to the Father expressed by the Λόγος of St. John, yet its application in this Epistle and in the New Testament generally (excepting, perhaps, the μονογενὴς υἱὸς peculiar to St. John, on which see Bull, 'Jud. Eccl. Cath.,' 5:4, etc.), is to the Word made flesh, to the Son as manifested in the Christ. And hence it is to him as such that we may conclude the heirship to be here assigned. (c) This is the view carried out in the sequel of the Epistle, where the SON is represented as attaining the universal dominion assigned to him after, and in consequence of, his human obedience. The conclusion of the exordium in itself expresses this; for it is not till after he had made purification of sins that he is said to have "sat down," etc.; i.e. entered on his inheritance; having become (γένομενος not ω}ν) "so much better," etc. This is the view of Chrysostom, Theodoret, and the Fathers generally (cf. the cognate passage, <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9</a>). (2) It seems best to refer the aorist ἔθηκε, not to any definite time, as that of the prophetic utterances afterwards cited, or that of the actual exaltation of Christ, but indefinitely to the eternal counsels, which were indeed declared and fulfilled in time, but were themselves ἐνἀρχῇ. A similar use of the aorist, coupled with other aorists pointing to events in time, is found in <a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29, 30</a>. What this heirship of all things implies will appear in the sequel, By whom also he made the worlds. Interposed clause to complete the true conception of the SON; showing who and what he was originally and essentially through whom God "spake" in time, and who, as SON, inherited. Here certainly, and in the expressions which follow, we have the same doctrine as that of the Λόγος of St. John. And the testimony of the New Testament to the pre-existence and deity of Christ is the more striking from our finding the same essential idea under different forms of expression, and in writings differing so much from each other in character and style. He who appeared in the world as Christ is, in the first place, here said (as by St. <a href="/john/1-3.htm">John 1:3</a>) to have been the Agent of creation; cf. <a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/colossians/1-15.htm">Colossians 1:15-17</a>, where the original creative agency of "the Son of his love" is emphatically set forth, as well as his being "the Head of the body, the Church." This cognate passage is of weight against the view of interpreters who would take the one before us as referring to the initiation of the gospel ages; with respect to which view see also the quotation from Bull given below under ver. 3. Here τοὺς αἰῶνας is equivalent to "the worlds," as in the A.V. For though the primary meaning of αἰών has reference to time - limited in periods, or unlimited in eternity - it is used to denote also the whole system of things called into being by the Creator in time and through which alone we are able to conceive time. "Οἱ αἰῶνες, saecula, pro rerum creatarum universitate est Hebraismus" (Bull); cf. <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Hebrews 11:3</a>, καταρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας ῤήματι Θεοῦ: also <a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7</a>, πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων: and <a href="/2_timothy/1-9.htm">2 Timothy 1:9</a>; <a href="/titus/1-2.htm">Titus 1:2</a>, πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/1-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But in ἐπ’ (ep’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. these τούτων (toutōn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. last ἐσχάτου (eschatou) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2078.htm">Strong's 2078: </a> Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final. days ἡμερῶν (hēmerōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. He has spoken ἐλάλησεν (elalēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2980.htm">Strong's 2980: </a> A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. to us ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [His] Son, Υἱῷ (Huiō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. whom ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. He appointed ἔθηκεν (ethēken) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5087.htm">Strong's 5087: </a> To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place. heir κληρονόμον (klēronomon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2818.htm">Strong's 2818: </a> From kleros and the base of nomos (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. Inheritor; by implication, a possessor. of all things, πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. through δι’ (di’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. whom οὗ (hou) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. He made ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. universe. αἰῶνας (aiōnas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_165.htm">Strong's 165: </a> From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-2.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 1:2 Has at the end of these days (Heb. 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