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NASB | Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin. |
Subject: Jesus experienced every kind of trial? |
Bible Note: Hi Tim Moran, Thanks again for sharing your Greek knowlege with us. May I deduce from your literal translation (whether yours or your choice) that you agree with High Priest for Hebrews 4:15? I agree with that; so we actually would agree with the Amplified over against the NASB printed above. The NASB rendering above agrees with the literal translation offered in Jay P. Green, Sr.'s Interlinear. He shows the implied "one who" that you have mentioned by the use of parenthesis. Green's Interlinear, Hebrews 4:15, "For we do not have a high priest [sic] not being able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but (One) having been tried in all respects according to (our) likeness, apart from sin." Is there any way that we can agree with Green and the NASB here? Could the verse be showing a contrast between a high priest and the One who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, verse 14? I don't think I can; for I think that the writer is holding fast the confession of the High Priest being the Son of God and adding that we have a High Priest who can sympathize with our weaknesses. This High Priest is not like every other high priest taken from among men. Every other high priest "can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset with weakness." The high priest, being a man, can empathize. The High Priest, being a Man, can sympathize with their weakness, being able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Jesus came in the likeness of men but He was the Son of God, the High Priest. Hebrews 2:17, "Therefore, He had to be like [but only in the likeness of men, as I have said] His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest [see NKJ] in things pertaining to (God), to make propitiation for the sins of the people." Parenthesis mine for comparisons below. 1 John 2:2, "and He (Himself) is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world." Hebrews 2:9, "...that by the grace of God (He) might taste death for everyone." I loved studying Hebrews through the years, but it was difficult in many things about this Priest according to the order of Melchizadec. I better stop and ask you if I've made any sense to you. From the heart, Ray |