9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: …
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. …
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb. 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak . I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one—That the state of the gospel-church…
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