Hebrews 1:4
Being made iso much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
τοσούτῳ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν ἀγγέλων, ὅσῳ διαφορώτερον παρ᾽ αὐτοὺς κεκληρονόμηκεν ὄνομα.
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Ephesians 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Hebrews 2:9 But 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.
1 Peter 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Revelation 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
this God-man, the great gospel Minister, is more excellent than angels, and so must surpass all the prophets. He became thus by being surety constituted and declared, as ordained by God’s decree from eternity, in eminency above them by actual investiture on his ascension, Eph 1:20,21. A more excellent person he is beyond any comparison for his Divine nature, and in his human transcending the angelical, on the account of the hypostatical union: see Heb 1:6.
these were spirits likest God, and called Elohims, or gods, Heb 1:7 Psa 104:4; being most pure, glorious, powerful, and heavenly creatures, Mar 8:38 13:32 2Th 1:7; of various ranks, orders, and degrees, Eph 1:21 Col 1:16; used by Christ as his ministers in the delivering of his law on Mount Sinai to Israel, Heb 2:2 Act 7:53 Gal 3:19. The measure of his transcendency over these, for person, office, and name, is infinitely beyond expression.
this was his peculiar, hereditary lot, due to him by natural right, as the heir and first-born of God, justly acquired by him, and actually possessed of him, not as a mere title, but a name descriptive of his person, distinguishing him from, and setting him above, all others: God the Son incarnate, Isa 7:14 9:6; Lord over all creatures in heaven and in earth, and under it, Php 2:9-11; not a simple messenger, but a Son, Mat 17:5 Joh 1:18; the Redeemer, Justifier, and Saviour of his people, Luk 1:31,32. He is a person of name famous for power, glory, and dignity above all others, Eph 1:21 Php 2:9-11.
διαφορωτερον, differencing from, and setting above, all the names of angels for eminency, the archangel himself being a servant and attendant on him, 1Th 4:16. His is more differencing and transcending in his kind than the name of angels is in their kind; he is above whatever they can pretend to, and so a more excellent Prophet than they. He hath in all things, as well as name, over them the pre-eminency.