Hebrews 2:18
For, in that he himself hath suffered, and been tempted, he is able to succor them who are tempted.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful.
John 10:29For my Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.
2 Corinthians 12:7And, that I might not be uplifted by the excellency of the revelations, there was imparted to me a thorn in my flesh, the angel of Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be uplifted.
2 Timothy 1:12Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day.
Hebrews 5:2and he can humble himself, and sympathize with the ignorant and the erring, because he also is clothed with infirmity.
Hebrews 7:25and he is able to vivify for ever, them who come to God by him; for he always liveth, and sendeth up prayers 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 →