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Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians facing discouragement, explaining Christ’s capacity to assist immediately after noting His full identification with humanity in Hebrews 2:17.
The words — The Greek participle πειρασθείς (peirastheis) means "having been tempted," directly linked to the verb δύναται (dunatai), "He is able," to ground His present assistance in His past experience.
The thread — The same link between Christ’s temptation and His ongoing help appears in Hebrews 4:15, which notes His sympathy with human weakness, and Hebrews 7:25, which states He continually intercedes for those who approach God.
Why it lands — The text states that Christ’s personal endurance of temptation qualifies Him to aid those currently facing it, requiring the reader to actively seek His help rather than rely on personal resilience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Hebrews 5:2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- 2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- John 10:29 My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Luke 22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”