Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession, for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

Christ, the high priest » Sympathizes with those who are tempted

Hebrews 2:18

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

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Church » Similitudes of the church compared to » Christ being the high priest

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Of Christ Compassion » An encouragement to prayer

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Glory of Christ » As priest

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Psalm 110:4

Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, 'Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'

The high priest » Typified Christ in » Compassion and sympathy for the weak and ignorant

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Hebrews 5:1-2

For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

the Human nature of Christ » Was without sin

Hebrews 7:28

for the law doth appoint men chief priests, having infirmity, but the word of the oath that is after the law appointeth the Son -- to the age having been perfected.

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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1 John 3:5

and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

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Hebrews 7:26

For such a chief priest did become us -- kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

John 8:46

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

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1 Peter 2:22

John 18:38

Pilate saith to him, 'What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, 'I do find no fault in him;

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Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Partaking of our infirmities

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Hebrews 5:7

who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

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Jesus Christ » Temptation of

John 14:30

I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

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Luke 22:28

And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Mark 1:12-13

And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness, and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

Isaiah 7:16

For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

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Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger. And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.' read more.
But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.' Then doth the Devil take him to the holy city, and doth set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.' Jesus said to him again, 'It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.' Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.' Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

Luke 4:1-13

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness, forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered, and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.' read more.
And Jesus answered him, saying, 'It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.' And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and the Devil said to him, 'To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it; thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.' And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.' And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, 'If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence, for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee, and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.' And Jesus answering said to him -- 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.' And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

Jesus Christ » Priesthood of » Sympathizes with saints

Hebrews 2:18

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

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Perfection » Some essential elements of » Christ's sinlessness, general references to

Hebrews 1:9

thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee -- God, thy God -- with oil of gladness above thy partners;'

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2 Corinthians 5:21

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

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1 Peter 1:19

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted -- Christ's --

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Isaiah 53:9

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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1 John 3:5

and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

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Hebrews 7:26

For such a chief priest did become us -- kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

John 8:46

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

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1 Peter 2:22

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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Luke 23:41

and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'

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Priesthood » Of Christ » Sympathetic

Hebrews 4:14-15

Satan » Tempts men vanquished by men » Tempted Christ

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

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Hebrews 2:18

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

Luke 4:2

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

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Luke 22:28

And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ being the high priest

Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Sin » Christ alone was without

2 Corinthians 5:21

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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1 John 3:5

and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

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Hebrews 7:26

For such a chief priest did become us -- kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens,

divine Sympathy » For human frailties and sorrows

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.

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Psalm 78:39

And He remembereth that they are flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not.

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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John 11:35-36

Jesus wept. The Jews, therefore, said, 'Lo, how he was loving him!'

Psalm 103:13

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

Matthew 26:41

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

Temptation » Christ's

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

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Hebrews 2:18

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

Luke 4:2

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

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Luke 22:28

And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

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Hebrews 4:15

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

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Temptation » Jesus Christ being tempted

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

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Hebrews 4:14-15

Luke 22:22-28

and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but woe to that man through whom he is being delivered up.' And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing. And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater. read more.
And he said to them, 'The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors; but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering; for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering. And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

Hebrews 2:9-18

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death. For it was becoming to Him, because of whom are the all things, and through whom are the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect, for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, read more.
saying, 'I will declare Thy name to my brethren, in the midst of an assembly I will sing praise to Thee;' and again, 'I will be trusting on Him;' and again, 'Behold I and the children that God did give to me.' Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death -- that is, the devil -- and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage, for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold, wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people, for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.