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Heb 1:5. Τίνι γὰρ, for to which [whom]) A frequent argument in this epistle is derived from the silence of Scripture: Heb 1:13, ch. Heb 2:16, Heb 7:3; Heb 7:14.-τῶν ἀγγέλων, of the angels) For none of them took [was capable of taking] this glory.-Υἱὸς, the Son) Act 13:33.-ἐγὼ-Υἱὸν) So the LXX., 2Sa 7:14. That promise, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son, had regard to Solomon, but much more, considering how august the promise is, to the Messiah; otherwise Solomon also would be greater than the angels. The seed of David, or the Son of David, is one name, under which, according to the nature (relation) of the predicate, sometimes Solomon, sometimes Christ-sometimes Solomon, and at the same time, in a higher sense, Christ-is intended; an ambiguity well suited to the times of expectation, Psa 89:27-28. The apostles are the true interpreters of the Divine words, even though we should not have arrived at such an idea (such a mode of interpretation) as this without them [had it not been for their interpreting Scripture so].