Hebrews 2:18
New International Version
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

New Living Translation
Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.

English Standard Version
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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

Berean Literal Bible
For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to help those being tempted.

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

New King James Version
For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

New American Standard Bible
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

NASB 1995
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

NASB 1977
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

Legacy Standard Bible
For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to help those who are tempted.

Amplified Bible
Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.

Christian Standard Bible
For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

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

Contemporary English Version
And now that Jesus has suffered and was tempted, he can help anyone else who is tempted.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Because Jesus experienced temptation when he suffered, he is able to help others when they are tempted.

Good News Translation
And now he can help those who are tempted, because he himself was tempted and suffered.

International Standard Version
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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

NET Bible
For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

Weymouth New Testament
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.

World English Bible
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for in that He suffered, Himself being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.

Berean Literal Bible
For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to help those being tempted.

Young's Literal Translation
for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Smith's Literal Translation
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For in that, wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted, he is able to succour them also that are tempted.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For in as much as he himself has suffered and has been tempted, he also is able to assist those who are tempted.

New American Bible
Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

New Revised Standard Version
Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For in that he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For in this, because he has suffered and was tempted, he can help those who are tempted.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For, inasmuch as he himself has suffered in being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Godbey New Testament
For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.

Haweis New Testament
for inasmuch as he hath himself suffered, having been tempted, he is able to succour those who are tempted.

Mace New Testament
for having himself stood the test of sufferings, he is capable of being moved to relieve those who undergo such tryals.

Weymouth New Testament
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.

Worrell New Testament
for in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.

Worsley New Testament
for as He himself hath suffered, in being tempted, He is able to succour those that are tempted.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Like His Brothers
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. 18Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Cross References
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ...

Matthew 26:36-46
Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” / He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” ...

Luke 4:1-13
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, / where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. / The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” ...

Luke 22:39-46
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him. / When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.” / And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed, ...

Mark 1:12-13
At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, / and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

Mark 14:32-42
Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” / He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.” ...

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.

Philippians 2:7-8
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. / And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

1 Peter 2:21-24
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: / “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” / When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. ...

1 Peter 4:1
Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

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.

2 Corinthians 1:4-5
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. / For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

Isaiah 53:3-5
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.


Treasury of Scripture

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

suffered.

Hebrews 4:15,16
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin…

Hebrews 5:2,7-9
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity…

Matthew 4:1-10
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil…

he is.

Hebrews 7:25,26
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them…

John 10:29
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Philippians 3:21
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

them.

1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure…

2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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Hebrews 2
1. We ought to be obedient to Christ Jesus;
5. and that because he condescended to take our nature upon himself;
14. as it was necessary.














Because He Himself suffered
The phrase "He Himself" emphasizes the personal and direct experience of Jesus. The Greek word for "suffered" is "epathen," which indicates undergoing pain or hardship. This suffering was not abstract or distant; it was real and tangible. Historically, this underscores the humanity of Christ, who experienced the full range of human suffering. This suffering was necessary for Him to fully empathize with human frailty and to fulfill His role as the compassionate High Priest.

when He was tempted
The Greek word for "tempted" is "peirasmos," which can mean both temptation and testing. Jesus faced real temptations, as recorded in the Gospels, such as His temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11). This was not merely a test of His divinity but a genuine experience of human vulnerability. Theologically, this highlights the sinlessness of Christ, who, despite being tempted, did not sin (Hebrews 4:15). His victory over temptation provides a model and source of strength for believers.

He is able to help
The Greek word "dunamai" is used here for "able," indicating power and capability. Jesus' ability to help is not just theoretical; it is active and effective. His help is rooted in His divine power and His empathetic understanding of human struggles. Historically, this reflects the early Christian understanding of Jesus as both fully God and fully man, capable of bridging the gap between humanity and the divine.

those who are being tempted
The phrase "being tempted" uses the present participle, indicating an ongoing process. This reflects the continuous nature of temptation in the Christian life. The early church faced numerous trials, both from external persecution and internal struggles. This assurance of help would have been a source of great comfort. Scripturally, this aligns with 1 Corinthians 10:13, which promises that God provides a way out of temptation. Jesus' help is not just for past or future temptations but is available in the present moment of struggle.

(18) For.--The necessity of being "in all things made like to His brethren" has been shown from the nature of the case; it is now illustrated from the result. The "brethren" and the "people" of Hebrews 2:17 are here "the tempted." Through the temptations arose those sins of the people for which He makes propitiation. In His having been tempted lies His special ability to help the tempted, by His sympathy, by His knowledge of the help that is needed, by the position of High Priest which He has gained through suffering. It is difficult to decide between two translations of the first words of the verse: (1) "In that He Himself," (2) "Wherein He Himself hath suffered being tempted." The former is simpler, but, perhaps, less natural as a rendering of the Greek. The latter may indeed at first seem to set a bound to our Lord's ability to help, but with the recollection of the infinitude of His life (comp. John 21:25) all such limitation disappears.

Verse 18. - Such power of sympathy Christ, by undergoing human sulk. ring and temptation, acquired. For in that (or, wherein) he hath suffered himself being tempted (or having been himself tempted in that wherein he hath suffered), he is able to succor them that are tempted.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

He Himself
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

suffered
πέπονθεν (peponthen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.

when He was tempted,
πειρασθείς (peirastheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.

He is able
δύναται (dynatai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

to help
βοηθῆσαι (boēthēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 997: To come to the rescue of, come to help, help. From boethos; to aid or relieve.

those who are
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

being tempted.
πειραζομένοις (peirazomenois)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.


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