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Aren`t they all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
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Servants vs. The Son
The verse's primary goal is to contrast angels with Jesus. Commentators explain that while angels are powerful "ministering spirits," their essential nature is to serve. Christ, the Son, is the Lord whom they serve. As Calvin notes, even when Christ became a servant, it was a voluntary act of humility, not His inherent identity. Angels serve; Christ reigns.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 t…
Ministering spirits (λειτουργικα πνευματα). Thayer says that λειτουργικος was not found in profane authors, but it occurs in the p…
19th Century
Anglican
Are they not all ministering spirits?—In this verse and the preceding, the contrast of Hebrews 1:7-9 is repeated, in reve…
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16th Century
Protestant
Are they not all, etc. So that the comparison may appear more clearly, he now mentions what the condition of angels is. For by ca…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Are they not all ministering spirits Servants to God, to Christ, and to his people, and therefore must be inferior t…
Many Jews had a superstitious or idolatrous respect for angels because they had received the law and other messages of the Divine will through thei…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle proved three ways in which Christ excels the angels; here he proves a fourth: that He sits at the right hand of majesty, wh…
