John Chrysostom

In the next place as the sum and substance of his exhortation, which he puts both first and last, even Christ. "Looking" (he says) "unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith"; The very thing which Christ Himself also continually said to His disciples, "If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of His household?" (Matt. x. 25.) And again, "The disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord." (Matt. x. 24.) "Looking" (he says), that is, that we may learn to run. …

Homily on Hebrews 28 ↗

Gregory of Nyssa

And as fire that lies in wood hidden below the surface is often unobserved by the senses of those who see, or even touch it, but is manifest when it blazes up, so too, at His death (which He brought about at His will, Who separated His soul from His Body, Who said to His own Father "Into Thy hands I commend My Spirit," Who, as He says, "had power to lay it down and had power to take it again"), He Who, because He is the Lord of glory, despised that which is shame among men, having concealed, as it were, the flame of His life in His …

Against Eunomius 5.5 ↗

Cyril of Jerusalem

We preach not one coming of Christ but a second as well, far more glorious than the first. The first gave us a spectacle of his patience; the second will bring with it the crown of the kingdom of God. In general all things are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ. His birth is twofold, one of God before the ages and one of a virgin in the consummation of the ages. His descent is twofold, one lowly, "like the rain upon the fleece," and a second, his manifest coming, which is yet to be. …

Catechetical Lecture 15:1 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

662. – Then (v. 2) he gives the example of Christ and does two things: first, he shows why Christ's passion should be taken as an example and what should be considered in it; secondly, he shows the fruit of that consideration (v. 3). 663. – For it says in Eph (2:8): 'By grace you are saved through faith.' But Christ is the author of faith. Therefore, if you wish to be saved you must look to His example. Hence, he says, Looking on Jesus in His sufferings. …

Commentary on Hebrews ↗