
Finding Theology in the Biblical Text: Hebrews 1:1-4 Through the Ages
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Chrysostom's Comparison With Verse Ten
Paul doesn't want to over or confound his readers but he takes them step by step from the humblest statements of verse two to the higher truths to verse three. He says it's like somebody leading a weaker person up to a great height who might sometimes take him down again a little bit down the stairs to recover his composure before ascending even further up again. On the phrase at the end of verse two by whom he made the worlds Chrysostom draws a comparison with verse ten where creation by the sun he says is not qualified by the phrase through or by whom, D-Hoo.
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