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Hebrews 2:18
18for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.
Hebrews 2:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
- New International Version (NIV)Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.
Context of Hebrews 2:18
16For he does not indeed take hold of angels [by the hand], but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham. 17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people; for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.
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ἐν ᾧ γὰρ πέπονθεν αὐτὸς πειρασθείς, δύναται τοῖς πειραζομένοις βοηθῆσαι.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 2:18
- Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.
- Hebrews 5:2being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
- Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
- Matthew 26:37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
- Luke 22:53When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.
- Hebrews 7:25Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.
- John 10:29My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
- Philippians 3:21who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.
- 2 Timothy 1:12For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.
- Jude 1:24But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,
- 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].
- 2 Corinthians 12:7And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.
- 2 Peter 2:9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;
- Revelation 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Commentaries on Hebrews 2:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18For in that he himself hath suffered - The maxim on which this verse is founded is the following: A state of suffering disposes persons to be compassionate, and those who endure most afflictions are they who feel most for others. The apostle argues that, among other causes, it was necessary that Jesus Christ should partake of human nature, exposed to trials, persecutions, and various sufferings, that he might the better feel for and be led to succor those…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18For in that he himself - “Because” he has suffered, he is able to sympathize with sufferers. Being tempted - Or, being “tried.” The Greek word used here is more general in its meaning than the English word “tempted.” It means to “put to the proof;” to try the nature or character of; and this may be done either: (1)by subjecting a person to “afflictions” or “sufferings” that his true character may be tried - that it may be seen whether he has sincere…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 The angels fell, and remained without hope or help. Christ never designed to be the Saviour of the fallen angels, therefore he did not take their nature; and the nature of angels could not be an atoning sacrifice for the sin of man. Here is a price paid, enough for all, and suitable to all, for it was in our nature. Here the wonderful love of God appeared, that, when Christ knew what he must suffer in our nature, and how he must die in it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18These verses introduce Jesus as our kind and loyal high priest, a role fully explained in the main part of Hebrews (Hebrews 4:14–10:25). He needed to share our human experience (see 5:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. For--explanation of how His being made like His brethren in all things has made Him a merciful and faithful High Priest for us (He 2:17). in that--rather as Greek, "wherein He suffered Himself; having been tempted, He is able to succor them that are being tempted" in the same temptation; and as "He was tempted (tried and afflicted) in all points," He is able (by the power of sympathy) to succor us in all possible temptations and trials incidental to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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