He did not thereby diminish the equality of the Son of God, in that He obeyed the sons of men. For how should He not obey the Father, who was subject to His mother? as the Evangelist says of His parents: «And He came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them» (Luke 2:51). For thus, as the Apostle says, He became «obedient even unto death» (Phil. 2:8), just as the Lord Himself said, «My soul is sorrowful even unto death» (Matt. 26:38).