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

Introduction, 1:1-4

While Hebrews is an anonymous letter, it is interesting to note that the KJV’s first verse is, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,” almost as if the translators were trying to mimic the format of other New Testament letters (i.e., author first) by naming God as the author.  The NASB does this as well, but the Greek actually starts with Polumenws (“many”).  So, while that’s a quirk of some translations, the Greek isn’t quite that bold.

The author of Hebrews—we’ll stick with “anonymous,” but I like the idea of Priscilla and Aquila since they were friends of Paul and would have done some of the fleshing out of his theology with Apollos (