Hebrews 1:5
Unto which ( Τιν ). "To which individual angel." As a class angels are called sons of God (Elohim) (Ps 29:1), but no single angel is called God's Son like the Messiah in Ps 2:7. Dods takes "have I begotten thee" ( γεγεννηκα σε, perfect active indicative of γενναω ) to refer to the resurrection and ascension while others refer it to the incarnation.And again ( κα παλιν ). This quotation is from 2Sa 7:14. Note the use of εις in the predicate with the sense of "as" like the Hebrew (LXX idiom), not preserved in the English. See Mt 19:5; Lu 2:34. Like Old English "to" or "for." See 2Co 6:18; Re 21:7 for the same passage applied to relation between God and Christians while here it is treated as Messianic.
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