The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" (Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, but this attribution has been disputed since the second century and there is no decisive evidence for the authorship.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Greek are: The Epistle to the Hebrews attests that God spoke decisively to Israel through the prophets and that he finally and fully revealed his character and will by his son, with the greatness and absolute superiority over the angels, the supernatural beings considered by Israel to be closest to God.

[8] While the Old Testament revelation[b] in time past[c] came at many times[d] throughout the history of Israel and in various ways[e] such as 'dreams, visions and angelic messages', the ultimate revelation in these last days[f] of human history came through Jesus Christ as the Son of God,[g] who was with God from the beginning[14] and through whom God made the universe[h] (basically 'the whole universe of space and time'; cf.

[15][8] The reference to the heavenly enthronement of the Son in the previous part is followed by the explanation of his position to the angel world, using Psalm 110:1 as the framework to understand various other Old Testament texts.

[17] The King James Version of verses 5–6 from this chapter is cited as texts in the English-language oratorio "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel (HWV 56).