“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone — the incarnate Jesus experienced genuine diminishment below the angels, real suffering, and actual death. His humiliation was not apparent but ontologically real; his exaltation through death reveals that suffering, not evasion, is the path to glory.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 2:9
Then again there is another consolation if indeed He who is hereafter to have all put in subjection under Him, has Himself also died and submitted to sufferings innumerable. Hebrews 2:9 “But,” he says, “we see Him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, for the suffering of death” — then the good things again —“crowned with glory and honor.” Do you see, how all things apply to Him? For the [expression], “a little,” would rather suit Him, who was only three…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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