33. Let us not, then, be troubled if we find
the Son of Man entitled “mighty” in one place, and yet in
another, that the Lord of glory was crucified. 1 Cor. ii. 8. What might is greater than
sovereignty over the powers of heaven? But this was in the hands
of Him Who ruled over thrones, principalities, angels; for, although He
was amongst the wild beasts, as it is written, yet angels ministered to
Him, that you may perceive the difference between what is proper to the
Incarnation, and what is proper to Sovereignty. So far as His
flesh is concerned, then, He endures the assault of wild beasts; in
regard of His Godhead, S.
Mark i. 13. Cf. Eph. i. 21. He is adored by
angels.