Hebrews 2:18 “Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help th…”

Hebrews 2:18

Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

World English Bible

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

American Standard Version

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

Geneva Bible 1599

For in that he suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Darby Translation

for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.

Young's Literal Translation

for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Bible in Basic English

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

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Cross references

“suffered”

Hebrews 5:2 Luke 22:53 Hebrews 5:7–9 Matthew 4:1–10 Matthew 26:37–39 Hebrews 4:15

Hebrews 5:2 · BSB

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.

Luke 22:53 · BSB

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.”

Hebrews 5:7–9 · BSB

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Matthew 4:1–10 · BSB

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 26:37–39 · BSB

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Hebrews 4:15 · BSB

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.

“he is”

Jude 1:24 2 Timothy 1:12 John 10:29 Philippians 3:21 Hebrews 7:25 Hebrews 7:26

Jude 1:24 · BSB

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

2 Timothy 1:12 · BSB

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.

John 10:29 · BSB

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Philippians 3:21 · BSB

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

Hebrews 7:25 · BSB

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Hebrews 7:26 · BSB

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

“them”

1 Corinthians 10:13 Revelation 3:10 2 Peter 2:9 2 Corinthians 12:7–10

1 Corinthians 10:13 · BSB

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…

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 12:7–10 · BSB

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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