Hebrews 2:18
For in as much as he himself has suffered and has been tempted, he also is able to assist those who are tempted.
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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 taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and saddened.
John 10:29What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
2 Corinthians 12:7And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.
2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.
Hebrews 5:2he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.
Hebrews 7:25And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.
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 →