He 1:1

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He 1:1

⚫ He 1:1¶ God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

⚫ Paul defines the scope of his teaching as being the Old Testament. He will make the appeal from the Old Testament that Jesus is the Son of God; the promised messiah. As with the rest of the NT, we approach this book as though it was originally written in Hebrew for Jews who spoke Hebrew, but then was translated into Greek so that the Greek churches knew what was being taught in the Jewish churches.

Who were the prophets? The prophet is the teaching intermediary between God and man. Any person who receives a messages from God in any form, and passes it to another, is a prophet.

God, judge, God separated from man by ignorance אלהים	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ God is introduced as אלהים, or "God who is separated from man by ignorance" setting the theme of the book 'How God has made himself known'.
πολυμερῶς - πολύς many , μέρος part (lot or destiny), portion, coast, behalf, respect	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ "Many pre-ordained portions" In light of SP possibly refers to the careful attending of God to the written record.
πολυτρόπως - πολύς many, τρόπος manner of life, character, deportment	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ God used the 'manner of life' and 'character' of OT people to paint the pictures of Christ. Enumeration of prophets The criteria used to define a prophet is the receipt of a message from God which is passed to another. We expect that the message pertains to Christ.
λαλέω to utter a voice or emit a sound, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech, to utter articulate sounds	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ Jesus said that they have never seen nor heard the Father אב. yet the word used here implies the articulation of sounds. 'God' suggests something different than 'the father' , or 'spake' is used metaphorically, or he used the proxy of prophets to speak to the fathers.
πάλαι - long ago, in former times	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ Presumably to Adam through Malachi.
Template:11	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ Fathers of Israel Six fathers Three fathers Fathers, not mothers Authors of scripture Metaphoric fathers Ancestor fathers
ἐν in, by, with, among, at, on, through	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ There are three actors here: God, the prophets, the fathers. God spoke to the fathers BY the prophets. This highlights the meaning of 'prophet' as the one who is the intermediary between God and man; he speaks what God wishes him to speak. The prophet is the intermediary between man and God; making intercession on behalf of man.
נביא nbya - prophet, prophecy) נב-יא - high place נב of God (reconciled) יא נ-ב-י-א - son of man נ revealed to man ב God/creation י reconciled א	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,	∞ The teaching intermediary between God and man. He teaches that the Son of Man is the one who reconciled God and man.

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