Philippians 2:8

Verse

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

American Standard Version (1901)

and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

Bible in Basic English

And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.

Douay-Rheims 1899

He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.

Free Bible Version

Coming in human form, humbling himself, he submitted himself to death—even death on a cross.

Geneva Bible 1599

He humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen the death of the Crosse.

King James (Authorized) Version

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Plain English Version

And then he made himself even less important. He did everything that God wanted him to do, he even died. He let people nail him to a cross and kill him.

Translation for Translators

he humbled himself even more. Specifically, he obeyed God even to the extent of being willing to die. He was even willing to be nailed to a cross, to die as though he were a criminal.

Unlocked Literal Bible

He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death of a cross!

Noah Webster Bible

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.

World English Bible

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.

Young's Literal Translation

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death — death even of a cross,

Context

The Mind of Christ

⁷but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.

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Summary

This verse highlights the humility and obedience of Jesus Christ, who willingly took on human form and submitted Himself to the will of God, even to the point of death on the cross. It emphasizes the sacrificial nature of Christ's love, as He endured suffering and death for the redemption of humanity. The verse serves as a powerful example of selflessness and servanthood, encouraging believers to imitate Christ's attitude of humility and obedience in their own lives. Through His obedience, Jesus demonstrated perfect love and fulfilled God's plan of salvation for all mankind, offering hope and reconciliation to those who believe in Him.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

And being found in fashion as a man - Και σχηματι εὑρεθεις ὡς ανθρωπος. This clause should be joined to the preceding, and thus translated: Being made in the likeness of man, and was found in fashion as a man. He humbled himself - Laid himself as low as possible: 1. In emptying himself - laying aside the effulgence of his glory. 2. In being incarnate - taking upon him the human form. 3. In becoming a servant - assuming the lowest innocent character, that of being the servant of all. 4. In condescending to die, to which he was not naturally liable, as having never sinned, and therefore had a right in his human nature to immortality, without passing under the empire of death. 5. In condescending, not only to death, but to the lowest and most ignominious kind of death, the death of the cross; the punishment of the meanest of slaves and worst of felons. What must sin have been in the sight of God, when it required such abasement in Jesus Christ to make an atonement for it, and undo its influence and malignity!

John Gill Bible Commentary

And being found in fashion as a man,.... Not that he had only the show and appearance of a man, but he was really a man; for "as" here, denotes not merely the likeness of a thing, but the thing itself, as in Mat 14:5, here, answers to the Hebrew f2, which is sometimes by the Jews (k) said to be , and signifies likeness, and sometimes , and designs truth and reality; which is the sense in which the particle is to be taken here: though he was seen and looked upon as a mere man, and therefore charged with blasphemy when he asserted himself to be the Son of God, he was more than a man; and yet found and known by men in common to be no more than a man, than just such a man as other men are; and so far is true, that his scheme, his habit, his fashion, his form, were like that of other men; though he was not begotten as man, but conceived in an extraordinary manner by the power of the Holy Ghost, yet he lay nine months in his mother's womb, as the human foetus ordinarily does; he was born as children are, was wrapped in swaddling bands when born, as an infant is; grew in stature by degrees, as men do; the shape and size of his body were like other men's, and he was subject to the same infirmities, as hunger, thirst, weariness, pain, grief, sorrow, and death itself, as follows: he humbled himself: by becoming man, and by various outward actions in his life; as subjection to his parents, working at the trade of a carpenter, conversing with the meanest of men, washing his disciples' feet, &c. and the whole of his deportment both to God and man, his compliance with his Father's will, though disagreeable to flesh and blood, his behaviour towards his enemies, and his forbearance of his disciples, showed him to be of a meek and humble spirit; he humbled himself both to God and man: and became obedient unto death, or "until death"; for he was obedient from the cradle to the cross, to God, to men, to his earthly parents, and to magistrates; he was obedient to the ceremonial law, to circumcision, the passover, &c. to the moral law, to all the precepts of it, which he punctually fulfilled; and to the penalty of it, death, which he voluntarily and cheerfully bore, in the room and stead of his people: even the death of the cross; which was both painful and shameful; it was an accursed one, and showed that he bore the curse of the law, and was made a curse for us: this was a punishment usually inflicted on servants, and is called a servile punishment (l); and such was the form which he took, when he was found in fashion as a man: this is now the great instance of humility the apostle gives, as a pattern of it to the saints, and it is a matchless and unparalleled one, (k) Vid. Kimchi in Josh. iii. 4. (l) Lipsins de Cruce, l. 1. c. 12.