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But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
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Glory Through Suffering
Commentators emphasize that Jesus was crowned with glory and honor because of his suffering and death, not in spite of it. His humiliation was the very path to his exaltation. This reveals a profound spiritual principle: in God's kingdom, the way to glory is through sacrifice and obedience, a path perfectly modeled by Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But we see Jesus. "We do not see that humanity elsewhere has the extended dominion of which the Psalmist speaks. But we see its fulfillmen…
Even Jesus (Ιησουν). We do not see man triumphant, but we do see Jesus, for the author is not ashamed of his human name, realizing…
19th Century
Anglican
But we see Jesus . . .—Rather, But we see Him who has been made a little lower than angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of…
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Baptist
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…
But if we do not see the fulfillment of this passage from Scripture in the way we might have expected, we do see a fulfillment in another way. We s…
16th Century
Protestant
But we see Jesus, etc. As the meaning of the words βραχύ τι, “a little,” is ambiguous, he looks to the thing itself, as exhibited…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But we see Jesus Not with bodily eyes, but with the eyes of the mind, and understanding; that he is Jesus, as the Syriac …
Neither the current state of the church, nor its more completely restored state—when the prince of this world will be cast out and the kingdoms of …
13th Century
Catholic
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…