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Observe here, 1. A special act of Christ's priesthood or priestly office. He offered up.
2. The subject-matter of his offering, supplications and prayers.
3. The intense manner of his offering, with strong cries and tears.
4. The person to whom he offered unto god, who was able to save him from death.
5. The time of his offering in the days of his flesh; that is, in the time of this mortal life, when clothed with our frail nature.
6. The issue and success of all this, he was heard in that he feared.
Learn hence, 1. That the holy Jesus did not only take upon him our human nature, but the infirmities of our nature also. Christ had in this world a time of infirmities as well as ourselves.. True, his infirmities were sinless, but sorrowful and grievous, which exposed him to all sorts of temptations and sufferings.
Learn, 2. That the Lord Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, offered up most ardent prayers and supplications to Almighty God, in the days of his flesh, upon its own and our behalf. The text mentions prayers and supplications, with strong cries.
Learn, 3. That Christ shed tears as well as blood for a lost world: He offered up strong cries and tears: by this he showed the truth of his humanity, and that he did not accept only the human nature, but did also assume human affections.
Learn, 4. That Christ's prayers were always heard, either in kind or in equivalency: He was not specifically heard as to the passing of the cup from him, when he prayed in the garden; but he was equivalently heard as to the support of his spirit, and as to supplies of strength, to enable him to drink the bitter cup with silence and submission; he was heard in that he feared, by being delivered, not from death, but out of death, as his followers must expect to be delivered.