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but Christ as a Son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
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The Son vs. The Servant
Commentators unanimously highlight the stark contrast between Moses and Christ. While Moses was a faithful servant in God's house, Christ is the divine Son over the house. Scholars like Barnes and Spurgeon explain this isn't just a higher rank but a different nature. As the Son, Christ has inherent authority, ownership, and inheritance that a servant, no matter how faithful, could never possess.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But Christ as a son over his own house. He is not a servant. To the whole household or family of God, He sustains the same relation that a…
Whose house are we (ου οικος εσμεν ημεις). We Christians (Jew and Gentile) looked at as a whole, not as a local organization.
19th Century
Anglican
But Christ as a son over his own house.—Rather, over His house. Throughout this passage (Hebrews 3:2; [Refere…
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Baptist
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a so…
The name “Christ” (GK 5986) is used here for the first time in this letter, without the article (as in 9:11, 24). Here, where a name of dignity is …
16th Century
Protestant
Whose house are we, etc. Just as Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, after prefacing that he was appointed to be the Apostle of t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Christ as a Son over his own house As Moses was not, though the Jews say that he was (tybd hyram
Christ is to be considered as the Apostle of our profession, the Messenger sent by God to people, the great Revealer of that faith which we profess…
13th Century
Catholic
As was said earlier, the Old Law derived its authority from three sources: from angels, from Moses, and from Aaron, the high priest. The Apostle pr…
