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Main point summary
God speaks always and forever, finally and fully in the worthy and magnified Jesus Christ, Creator of the universe, heir of all things, the second person of the Trinity himself come to satisfy the wrath and debt of our sin.
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Hebrews 1:1-4
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Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς
In many parts and in many ways, long ago, God
λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν
who spoke to our fathers
ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
through the prophets
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ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων
upon the last things of these days
ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν
spoke to us
ἐν υἱῷ,
in the Son,
ὃν ἔθηκεν κληρονόμον πάντων,
who he appointed heir of everything,
διʼ οὗ
through whom
καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς αἰῶνας•
he also made the universe.
ὃς
Who
ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης
is the radiance of glory
καὶ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ,
and the (very) character of his nature,
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φέρων τε τὰ πάντα τῷ ῥήματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ,
and bears all things by the Word of his power,
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καθαρισμὸν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ποιησάμενος
because he made purification of sins,
ἐκάθισεν
(he) sat down
ἐν δεξιᾷ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν ὑψηλοῖς,
at the right hand of majesty in the high places
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τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρʼ αὐτοὺς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα.
because he became that much greater than the angels, so much so that he inherited a far superior name than them.
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vv. 2d-4 --> Chiastic: A: appointed heir B: maker of the universe C: radiance of glory C1: the exact imprint of his nature B2: bears all things by the Word of his power A1: seated at the right hand of the Father/name above all names
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Hebrews 1:1-4
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θεὸς
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ἐλάλησεν
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λαλήσας
τοῖς
πατράσιν
ἐν
τοῖς
προφήταις
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Πολυμερῶς
πολυτρόπως
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καὶ
πάλαι
ἐπʼ
ἐσχάτου
τῶν
ἡμερῶν
τούτων
ἡμῖν
ἐν
υἱῷ
ἔθηκεν
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ὃν
predicate
κληρονόμον
πάντων
ἐποίησεν
καὶ
διʼ
οὗ
τοὺς
αἰῶνας
ὃς
ἐκάθισεν
ὢν
φέρων
ἀπαύγασμα
χαρακτὴρ
τῆς
δόξης
τῆς
ὑποστάσεως
αὐτοῦ
καὶ
τὰ
πάντα
τῷ
ῥήματι
τῆς
δυνάμεως
αὐτοῦ
τε
ἐν
δεξιᾷ
τῆς
μεγαλωσύνης
ἐν
ὑψηλοῖς
participle
ποιησάμενος
καθαρισμὸν
τῶν
ἁμαρτιῶν
γενόμενος
κρείττων
τῶν
ἀγγέλων
τοσούτῳ
κεκληρονόμηκεν
ὅσῳ
παρʼ
αὐτοὺς
ὄνομα
διαφορώτερον
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Correlative (Bauer's p.729).
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