Hebrews 1:3
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
ἀπαύγασμα
Jesus doesn't borrow or reflect God's glory from a distance — he shines it outward from within himself, the way light pours from its source.
ὑπόστασις
Substance
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ὑπόστασις
Jesus is the exact imprint of God's essential being — not a reflection or representation, but the full reality of who God is, expressed in a person.
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
The Son doesn't merely reflect God's glory as a title or role — he exists as that glory, continuously and completely, in his very nature.
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καθαρίζω
Purged
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καθαρίζω
Jesus didn't just cover our sins — he completely removed every trace of them, leaving nothing behind that could still be held against us.
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δόξα
of His glory
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δόξα
The full, blazing weight of everything God is — his infinite worth and radiance — shines out through the Son, the way light pours from the sun itself.
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χαρακτήρ
the] exact expression
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χαρακτήρ
Jesus is the perfect imprint of God the Father — like a seal pressed into wax, he carries every defining quality of who God is, without distortion or lack.
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φέρω
upholding
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φέρω
Christ actively sustains and carries the entire universe forward, the way a current carries a ship — not passively holding it up, but continually driving all of creation by the force of his word.
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τέ
then
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τέ
In this verse, té quietly links Christ's act of purging sins directly to his sitting down in glory, showing that the two belong together as one completed movement — the work finished, then the throne claimed.
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πᾶς
all things
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πᾶς
Everything that exists — from galaxies to molecules — stays in motion and holds together because Jesus actively sustains it, not as a general force, but as a person who personally maintains every created thing.
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ῥῆμα
declaration
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ῥῆμα
In this verse, rhema points to the specific, living command spoken by the Son — the same active, personal word by which he holds the entire universe in place right now, not a static written rule but a voice that keeps creation from unraveling.
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δύναμις
power
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δύναμις
Christ holds the entire universe together not by force or effort, but by the same effortless, built-in capability that makes him who he is.
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ἑαυτοῦ
himself
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ἑαυτοῦ
Jesus didn't rely on a priest, a ritual, or any outside means — he personally and entirely on his own accomplished the cleansing of our sins.
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καθαρισμός
the] purification
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καθαρισμός
Christ's single act of dealing with sin accomplished a complete, permanent cleansing that every temple ritual and sacrifice could only point toward but never deliver.
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ποιέω
having made
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ποιέω
In this verse, the word captures the decisive, completed act of Jesus personally accomplishing our cleansing from sin — not delegating it, not partially finishing it, but fully doing it himself before taking his seat in glory.
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μέ
of us
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μέ
In this verse, the Greek negative quietly reinforces that Christ did not need outside help to accomplish the purging of sins — he did it entirely by himself, with nothing and no one standing in the way.
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καθίζω
sat down
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καθίζω
After completing the full work of purging our sins, Jesus took his seat in the place of highest honor — a posture that declares the mission accomplished, with nothing left undone.
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δεξιός
the] right hand
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δεξιός
After completing the work of purging our sins, Christ took his seat in the highest position of honor and authority next to the Father — not as a guest, but as one who belongs there.
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μεγαλωσύνη
Majesty
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μεγαλωσύνη
God alone holds ultimate greatness and supreme authority, and it is at his right hand that Jesus now reigns after completing his work of redemption.
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ὑψηλός
high
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ὑψηλός
In this verse, "high" points to the supreme, unreachable realm where God dwells in ultimate authority — the place where Christ now sits, having completed his work on earth.
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