Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 5:8

"though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;" — Hebrews 5:8 (ASV)

Though he were a Son,—

Emphatically, and above us all "a Son,"—

Yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

He was always obedient, but he had to learn experimentally what obedience meant, and he could not learn it by the things which he did; he had to learn it by the things which he suffered; and I believe that there are some of the most sanctified children of God who have been made so, by his grace, through the things which they have suffered. We may not all suffer alike; we may not all need the same kind of suffering; but I question whether any of us can truly learn obedience except by the things which we suffer.