Hebrews 1:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? ”

Hebrews 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are they not all - There is not one of them that is elevated to the high rank of the Redeemer. Even the most exalted angel is employed in the comparatively humble office of a ministering spirit a...
Hebrews 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Are they not all (x) ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? (x) By that name by which we commonly call princes messengers, he here calls the spirits.
Hebrews 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:5 to Hebrews 2:18 . The Son is Superior to the Angels. For this theme the way has been prepared in the closing words of Hebrews 1:14 . The section may possibly be directed against ang...
Hebrews 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ministering . Greek. leitourgikos. Only here. Compare Hebrews 1:7 and App-191. sent forth . Greek. apoatello. App-174. to minister . for (Greek. eis) ministry (Greek. diakonia. App-190...
Hebrews 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Are they not all, etc. That the comparison might appear more clearly, he now mentions what the condition of angels is. For calling them spirits, he denotes their eminence; for in t...
Hebrews 1:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2272 THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS Hebrews 1:14 . Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? THE superiority of Christ to angels...
Hebrews 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Are they not all ministering spirits - That is, They are all ministering spirits; for the Hebrew...
Hebrews 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits— "I asked, To which of the angels said God at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? "—And Iam well satisfied that no passag...
Hebrews 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Ministering spirits - Hebrews 1:7 , "spirits, and his ministers" Incorporeal spirits, a...
Hebrews 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Revelation in the Son 1-4. Introduction. God of old revealed Himself to the fathers of the race, but the revelation was not complete or final. In our own day He has given a direct revela...
Hebrews 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits? — In this verse and the preceding is repeated the contrast of Hebrews 1:7-9 , in reversed order. The words “ministering spirits” at once recall the “ministers...
Hebrews 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE SON AND THE ANGELS Hebrews 1:4 - Hebrews 2:18 The most dangerous and persistent error against which the theologians of the New Testament had to contend was the doctrine of ema...
Hebrews 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Final and Supreme Messenger Hebrews 1:1-14 Christianity is greater than the Mosaic dispensation because it has been given through the Son, whereas the Law came through angels. See Acts 7...
Hebrews 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first words of this epistle plunge to the heart of the subject. Two truths are revealed: the first, God; the second, that God has revealed Himself. Two periods of revelation are referred to, that...
Hebrews 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: (11) They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as d...
Hebrews 1:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS ‘Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?’ Hebrews 1:14 The word translated ministering is a strictly lit...
Hebrews 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits ,.... Servants to God, to Christ, and to his people, and therefore must be inferior to the Son of God. The phrase is Rabbinical; frequent mention is made in Jewi...
Hebrews 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Ver. 14. Are they not ] See nly Common-place of Angels. Sent forth to minister, &c....
Hebrews 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In the first verse is compressed admirably the one most vital truth as to the history of man in all past ages; to which Jews would fully agree. God is, without preliminary, presented as having "in ma...
Hebrews 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Dignity of Christ. A. D. 62. 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by...
Hebrews 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are they not all ministering spirits? The apostle here proves, that angels are but ministers to the great gospel Minister, and to the members of his body the church, and so must be meaner than him...
Hebrews 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Superiority of the Son to the Angels ( Hebrews 1:5 to Hebrews 2:14 ) He Is Now Contrasted With The Angels, the Heavenly Beings and Intermediaries between God and the world ( Hebrews 1:5-14 )...
Hebrews 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 1:5 . Angels. —Properly, any living being carrying out the Divine will is an angel, a messenger, a servant. But the word “angel” is precisely kept for such...
Hebrews 1:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

salvation ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
Hebrews 1:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 Ministry of Angels. I. The angels are ministering, i.e. worshipping, spirits; beings engaged in the perpetual liturgy of the glorious temple above. That temple has never wanted its...
Hebrews 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 1:1 . In this chapter our Saviour's glorious person is very plainly set before us, and it is made the ground of our faith, and a reason why we should give the more earnest heed to his words,...
Hebrews 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 1:1 . God, who at sundry times and in divers manners, spake to the fathers. By the personal appearances of Christ, the Word of the Lord; by voices, by angels, by visions, by dreams, and by...
Hebrews 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Being made so much better than the angels The superiority of Christ to the angels I. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS NATURE. II. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS PREROGATIVE. III. THE SUPERIORITY OF HIS OFF...
Hebrews 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Hebrews 1:1-58 EXORDIUM intimating in a succession of choice and pregnant phrases, the drift of the Epistle; a condensed summary of the coming argument. It briefly anticipates...
Hebrews 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A comparison between Christ and the angels:
Hebrews 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:19 ; 1 Peter 1:12 ; 1 Peter 1:4 ; 1 Peter 3:7 ; 2 Corinthians 9:12 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 ; Acts 10:3 ; Acts 10:4 ; Acts 11:22 ; Acts 12:23 ; Acts 12:7 ; Acts 13:2 ; Acts 16:26...
Hebrews 1:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Superiority of Christ to Angels Hebrews 1:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Jesus Christ was God in ages past; He was God, manifest in flesh; He is God in the ages to come. In His Deity, He is...
Hebrews 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Are they not all — Though of various orders. Ministering spirits, sent forth — Ministering before God, sent forth to men. To attend on them — In numerous offices of protection, care, and kindness....

Hebrews 1:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 1:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hebrews 1:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 1:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hebrews 1:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 1:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 1:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 1:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 1:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 1:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hebrews 1:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes