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Pentecost Season · Proper 22 · Year B

Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

God Has Spoken by His Son

October 3, 2027

Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic), Unknown Byzantine mosaicist
Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic), Unknown Byzantine mosaicist, c. 1261Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
In the south gallery of Hagia Sophia, made after the Byzantines retook Constantinople in 1261, and the finest surviving Byzantine mosaic face. Much of the lower half is lost.Hebrews says he is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of his being, and this is the image that phrase was made into.Unknown Byzantine mosaicistUnnamed, as Byzantine craftsmen generally were. The work is signed by its quality rather than by a hand.Hagia Sophia, IstanbulJustinian's sixth-century church, then a mosque, then a museum, now a mosque again, and for a thousand years the largest enclosed space in the world.Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 10:2-16Mk 10:2-16
EpistleHeb. 1:1-4, 2:5-12Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12
Old TestamentJob 1:1, 2:1-10Jb 1:1, 2:1-10Alt. OTGen. 2:18-24Gn 2:18-24
PsalterPs. 26Ps 26Alt. PsalmPs. 8Ps 8

Overview & Insights

"Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son." (Hebrews 1:1-2)

The letter opens by declaring that God's final word comes through the Son who sustains all things, then shows that this exalted Son was made lower than the angels for a time so that through suffering he might bring many to glory as their brother.

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Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12Commentary on Heb 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Working Preacher

Exegetical commentary keyed to this exact Year B reading.

Hebrews 1 CommentaryHeb 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse notes on the Son's supremacy.

Hebrews 1:1 CommentariesHeb 1:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators on God speaking through the Son.

Coffman's Commentary on Hebrews 1Coffman's Commentary on Heb 1 StudyLight

A fifth commentary voice on the opening chapter.

Background & Word Study

Hebrews and WorkHeb and Work Theology of Work

Vocation-focused reading of Hebrews' theology.

Interlinear: Hebrews 1:1Interlinear: Heb 1:1 BibleHub

Greek text with parsing for the prologue.

Book of Hebrews OverviewBook of Heb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the letter's flow and themes.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Hebrews 1Catena on Heb 1 Catena

Patristic comments on the Son as the radiance of God's glory.

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