ACC ~ Mark 6 v56

HIS VULNERABILITY TO SUFFERING NOT THROUGH WEAKNESS BUT STRENGTH

AMBROSE: The Lord of hosts was not signaling weakness as he gave sight to the blind, made the crooked to stand upright, raised the dead to life, [1] anticipated the effects of medicine at our prayers, and cured those who sought after him. Those who merely touched the fringe of his robe were healed. [2] Surely you did not think it was some divine weakness, you speculators, when you saw him wounded. Indeed there were wounds that pierced his body, [3] but they did not demonstrate weakness but strength. For from these wounds flowed life to all, from the One who was the life of all. ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 4.5.54-55. [4]

[1] Mt 11:5.

[2] Mk 6:56.

[3] Cf. Mt 27:35; Mk 15:24; Lk 23:33; Jn 19:18, 31-37.

[4] Cetedoc 0150, 4.5.40; NPNF 2 10:269. He made himself vulnerable to suffering as Lord, not through weakness.