Hebrews 2:18

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

16So Jesus helps Abraham’s descendants rather than helping angels. 17Therefore, he had to become like his brothers and sisters so that he could be merciful. He became like them so that he could serve as a faithful chief priest in God’s presence and make peace with God for their sins. Because Jesus experienced temptation when he suffered, he is able to help others when they are tempted.

Hebrews 2:18 word by word

ἐν ᾧ γὰρ πέπονθεν αὐτὸς πειρασθείς, δύναται τοῖς πειραζομένοις βοηθῆσαι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• heπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• himselfαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• being temptedπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
• he is ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to succourβοηθέωboētheō · to helpG997
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:18

• Hebrews 4:15We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.
• Hebrews 5:2The chief priest can be gentle with people who are ignorant and easily deceived, because he also has weaknesses.
• Matthew 4:1Then the Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
• Matthew 26:37He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons with him. He was beginning to feel deep anguish.
• Luke 22:53I was with you in the temple courtyard every day and you didn’t try to arrest me. But this is your time, when darkness rules.”
• Hebrews 7:25That is why he is always able to save those who come to God through him. He can do this because he always lives and intercedes for them.
• John 10:29My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than everyone else, and no one can tear them away from my Father.
• Philippians 3:21Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body.
• 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason I suffer as I do. However, I’m not ashamed. I know whom I trust. I’m convinced that he is able to protect what he had entrusted to me until that day.
• Jude 1:24God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault.
• 1 Corinthians 10:13There isn’t any temptation that you have experienced which is unusual for humans. God, who faithfully keeps his promises, will not allow you to be tempted beyond your power to resist. But when you are tempted, he will also give you the ability to endure the temptation as your way of escape.
• 2 Corinthians 12:7especially because of the excessive number of revelations that I’ve had. Therefore, to keep me from becoming conceited, I am forced to deal with a recurring problem. That problem, Satan’s messenger, torments me to keep me from being conceited.
• 2 Peter 2:9Since the Lord did all this, he knows how to rescue godly people when they are tested. He also knows how to hold immoral people for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Revelation 3:10Because you have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you safe during the time of testing which is coming to the whole world to test those living on 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

Topics related to Hebrews 2:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Power
• Salvation
• Suffering
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Bondage
• Heed
• Humiliation of Christ
• Intercession of Christ
• Mediator
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Ascension

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