Philippians 2:8

PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON Philippians 2:8 It is remarkable enough that God the Son would take on human form for a broken world. But Jesus went much farther, becoming obedient (compare Romans 5:19) to the point of death, even death on a cross. Crucifixion was the ultimate humiliation, and the physical pain was terrible (see note on Matt. 27:35). It was the total opposite of the divine majesty of the preexistent Christ. Thus it was the ultimate expression of Christ’s obedience to the Father.