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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.

Context of Hebrews 2:18

16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being 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 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
• Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
• Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• Matthew 26:37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
• Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
• Hebrews 7:25Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
• John 10:29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
• Philippians 3:21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
• 2 Timothy 1:12That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
• Jude 1:24To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
• 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
• 2 Corinthians 12:7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
• 2 Peter 2:9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Revelation 3:10Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of 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

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