7/31/2019 In the Days of His Flesh
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Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able
to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; (Heb
5:7)
In the days ..."of his humanity"....or "when he was clothed with
flesh", as theSyriac version says it.
John Gill states: " it is not to be concluded from hence, that
he has not fleshnow, or is not in the flesh; for it is certain that
he had flesh after his resurrection; only now he is free from all
the infirmities of the flesh, the pains,and sorrows, and griefs of
it, which he endured when here on earth:"
Albert Barnes states: "In the days of his flesh - When he
appeared on earth asa man. Flesh is used to denote human nature,
and especially human nature as susceptible of suffering. The Son of
God still is united to human nature, but it ishuman nature
glorified, for in his case, as in all others, flesh and blood
cannotinherit the kingdom of God, 1Co_15:50. He has now a glorified
body Phi_3:21, such as the redeemed will have in the future world;
compare Rev_1:13-17. The phrasedays of his flesh, means the time
when he was incarnate, or when he lived on earthin human form."
Clark states:To save him from death - I have already observed
that Jesus Christ was the representative of the human race; and
have made some observations on the peculiarity
of his sufferings, following the common acceptation of the words
in the text, which things are true, howsoever the text may be
interpreted. But here we may consider the pronoun , him, as
implying the collective body of mankind; the children wwere
partakers of flesh and blood, Heb_2:14; the seed of Abraham,
Heb_2:16, whothrough fear of death were all their life subject to
bondage. So he made supplication with strong crying and tears to
him who was able to save Them from death;for I consider the , them,
of Heb_2:15, the same or implying the same thing as s verse; and,
thus understood, all the difficulty vanishes away. On this
interpretation I shall give a paraphrase of the whole verse: Jesus
Christ, in the daysof his flesh, (for he was incarnated that he
might redeem the seed of Abraham, the fallen race of man), and in
his expiatory sufferings, when representing the whole human race,
offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears,
to him who was able to save Them from death: the intercession was
prevalent
, the passion and sacrifice were accepted, the sting of death
was extracted, andSatan was dethroned.If it should be objected that
this interpretation occasions a very unnatural change of person in
these verses, I may reply that the change made by my construction
is not greater than that made between Heb_5:6 and Heb_5:7; in the
first of which the apostle speaks of Melchisedec, who at the
conclusion of the verse appears to be antecedent to the relative
who in Heb_5:7; and yet, from the nature of the subject, we must
understand Christ to be meant. And I consider, Heb_5:8, Though he
were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he
suffered, as belonging, not only to Christ considered in his human
nature, but also to him inhis collective capacity; i.e., belonging
to all the sons and daughters of God, who, by means of suffering
and various chastisements, learn submission, obedienceand
righteousness; and this very subject the apostle treats in
considerable det
ail in Heb_12:2-11 (note), to which the reader will do well to
refer.
{Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at theright hand of the throne of God.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not
yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have
forgotten theexhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children,
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him: For whom theLord loveth he chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endu
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