Hebrews 2:18
For, inasmuch as he himself has suffered in being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be in deep distress and anguish of soul.
John 10:29My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to take them out of my Father’s hand.
2 Corinthians 12:7And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted.
2 Timothy 1:12for which cause I also suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed: for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have intrusted to him till that day.
Hebrews 5:2being able to have compassion on the ignorant and erring, because he himself is beset with infirmity:
Hebrews 7:25Wherefore, he is able also to save through all time those who come to God by him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:15-18
Christ's Incarnation. ( a. d. 62.) 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be… Read the whole commentary →