“Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.”
He says, 'I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises' — Psalm 22:22 is placed in the Son's mouth, showing him as the true worshiper of God, gathering a community of brothers around him in worship. The shift from shame to declaration, from solitude to assembly, shows Christ as the head of the eschatological congregation.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 2:12
“For,” he says, “both He that sanctifies, and they who are sanctified, are all of one, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren.” Behold again how he brings [them] together, honoring and comforting them, and making them brethren of Christ, in this respect that they are “of one.” Then again guarding himself and showing that he is speaking of that which is according to the flesh, he introduces, “For He who sanctifies,” [i.e.] Christ, “and they who are…
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