Ebrei 4:15

15 Perché non abbiamo un Sommo Sacerdote che non possa simpatizzare con noi nelle nostre infermità; ma ne abbiamo uno che in ogni cosa è stato tentato come noi, però senza peccare.

Ebrei 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not an high priest
That is cruel and unmerciful; the saints have an high priest, but not such an one:

which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
such as bodily diseases and wants, persecutions from men, and the temptations of Satan; under all which Christ sympathizes with his people; and which sympathy of his arises from his knowledge and experience of these things, and the share he has had of them, and from that union there is between him and his people: and it is not a bare sympathy, but is attended with his assistance, support, and deliverance; and the consideration of it is of great comfort to the saints:

but was in all points tempted like as we are:
of the temptations of Christ, and of the saints, (See Gill on Hebrews 2:18)

yet without sin;
there was no sin in his nature; though he was encompassed about with infirmities, yet not with sinful infirmities, only sinless ones; nor was there any sin in his temptations; though he was solicited to sin by Satan, yet he could find none in him to work upon; nor could he draw him into the commission of any sin.

Ebrei 4:15 In-Context

13 E non v’è creatura alcuna che sia occulta davanti a lui; ma tutte le cose sono nude e scoperte dinanzi agli occhi di Colui al quale abbiam da render ragione.
14 Avendo noi dunque un gran Sommo Sacerdote che è passato attraverso i cieli, Gesù, il Figliuol di Dio, riteniamo fermamente la professione della nostra fede.
15 Perché non abbiamo un Sommo Sacerdote che non possa simpatizzare con noi nelle nostre infermità; ma ne abbiamo uno che in ogni cosa è stato tentato come noi, però senza peccare.
16 Accostiamoci dunque con piena fiducia al trono della grazia, affinché otteniamo misericordia e troviamo grazia per esser soccorsi al momento opportuno.
The Riveduta Bible is in the public domain.