Hebreos 2:10

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

On this place, Westcott noted that

The difficulties which at first sight beset the conception of a suffering Messiah vanish upon closer thought. For when we consider what is the relationship between the Son of man and men - the Son and the sons - what man's condition is and how he can be redeemed only through divine fellowship, we ourselves can discern the "fitness" of the divine method of redemption. So far, therefore, from the death of Christ being an objection to his claims, it really falls in with what deeper reflection suggests.[14]

The use of the word "became" is in the sense of that which compliments or enhances; and it calls attention to the excellent beauty and perfection in all of God's work, even in the smallest particulars. In all the wondrous annals of the scheme of redemption, there is no or unbecoming thing, but only total loveliness, appropriateness, and aesthetic satisfaction pertaining to everything that God did. How marvelous are his ways. The cross itself, dark and terrible as it looms upon the horizon of human history, is clothed with glory and beauty that surpass the imagination; and, seeing this, Christ said, "And, I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself" (John 12:32).

The word "author" is also translated "captain" (English Revised Version margin), and some have found in the word such a meaning as "pathfinder" or "pioneer." Another word of challenging interest in this verse is "perfect," which poses a problem; for how can the author speak of Christ's being made perfect when he is already perfect? Bruce commented thus,

The perfect Son of God has become the people's perfect Saviour, opening up their way to God; and in order to become that, he must endure suffering and death. The pathway of perfection which his people must tread must first be trodden by the Pathfinder.[15]

[14] Brooke Foss Westcott, The Epistle to the Hebrews (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1965), p. 47.

[15] F. F. Bruce, op. cit., p. 43.