“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;”
Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered — the paradox is sharp: the eternal Son, in his incarnate state, learned obedience through suffering. This is not moral development in the sense of overcoming disobedience, but the experiential appropriation and demonstration of obedience through actual affliction.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 5:8
“Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, to Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.” Do you see that he sets forth nothing else than His care and the exceeding greatness of His love? For what means the [expression] “with strong crying”? The Gospel nowhere says this, nor that He wept when He…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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