Hebrews 2:18
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Text-Critical English NT
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 distressed.
John 10:29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
2 Corinthians 12:7And to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations I received, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me so that I would not become conceited.
2 Timothy 1:12That is why I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
Hebrews 5:2He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
Hebrews 7:25Therefore he is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede 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 →