14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
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The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. …
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. …
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-14)The apostle, having proved the pre-eminence of the gospel above the law from the pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ above the prophets, now proceeds to show that he is much superior not only to the prophets, but to the angels themselves. In this he obviates an objection that the Jewish zealots would be ready to make, that the law was not only delivered by men, but ordained by angels (Gal. 3:19)…
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