Hebrews 2:18
For inasmuch as He has Himself felt the pain of temptation and trial, He is also able instantly to help those who are tempted and tried.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 Zabdi. Then He began to be full of anguish and distress,
John 10:29What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.
2 Corinthians 12:7And judging by the stupendous grandeur of the revelations--therefore lest I should be over-elated there has been sent to me, like the agony of impalement, Satan's angel dealing blow after blow, lest I should be over-elated.
2 Timothy 1:12That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.
Hebrews 5:2and must be one who is able to bear patiently with the ignorant and erring, because he himself also is beset with infirmity.
Hebrews 7:25Hence too He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, seeing that He ever lives to plead 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 →