Hebrews 5:8

8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Ver. 8. Yet learned he obedience ] He came to know by experience what a hard matter it was thus to obey God. Schola crucis, schola lucis. Gideon, by threshing the men of Succoth, taught them, Judges 8:7-16 . God’s chastisements are our advertisements, παθηματα μαθηματα . Nocumenta documenta. See my Treatise on Rev. iii., p. 145.