It became him (επρεπεν αυτω). Imperfect active of πρεπω, old verb to stand out, to be becoming or seemly. Here it is impersonal wi…

For it became Him. There was a fitness or appropriateness in it. It was such an arrangement as was fitting for God to make, in redeeming m…

For.—What seemed incredible to the Jews, that the Christ should die, was ordained “by the grace of God.” For in this way to make s…

That he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all t…

Usually we do not speak of things as being “fitting” for God, but here the word is appropriate. The way of salvation is not arbitrary but befitting…

For it became him, etc. His object is to make Christ’s humiliation appear glorious to the godly; for when he is said to have been clothed …

For it became him, for whom are all things
This is not a periphrasis of Christ, who died, but of God the Father, who…

Whatever the proud, carnal, and unbelieving may imagine or object, the spiritual mind will see a special glory in the cro of Christ and will be sat…

Previously, the Apostle, desiring to prove Christ’s eminence over the angels, relied on the authority of a prophet who said something related to Ch…