John A. Peck

“He wore the crown of thorns and destroyed the judgment to suffering from the thorns. He Only is That One both in the bosom of the Father and in the womb of the Virgin; He Only is That One — in the arms of His Mother and in the wings of the winds (Ps. 104:3); He, to Whom the Angels bowed down in worship, at that same time reclined at table with publicans. Upon Him the Seraphim dared not to gaze, and at the same time Pilate pronounced sentence upon Him. He is That One and Same, Whom the servant did smite and before whom did tremble all creation. He was nailed to the Cross and ascended to the Throne of Glory — He was placed in the tomb and He stretched out the heavens like a canopy (Ps. 104:2) He was numbered amidst the dead and He emptied hell; here upon the earth, they cursed at Him as a transgressor — there in Heaven, they exclaimed Him glory as the All-Holy. What”
― John A. Peck, Patristic Sermons on the Feasts of the Theotokos & Ever-Virgin Mary