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That cannot be touched with the feeling (μη δυναμενον συνπαθησα). "Not able to sympathize with." First aorist pa ive infinitive of…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched. Our High Priest is not cold and unfeeling. That is, we have one who is abundantly …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
We must note again how the power of the exhortation (especially to those immediately addre ed) lay in the combination of the two thoughts—the great…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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 wi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Our High Priest has entered into our weakness and so can sympathize meaningfully with us. He “has been tempted... just as we are” may mean “in the …
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
For we have not, etc. There is in the name which he mentions, the Son of God, such majesty as ought to constrain us to fear and o…
John Gill
JohnGill
For we have not an high priest
That is cruel and unmerciful; the saints have an high priest, but not such an one:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Observe the proposed end: spiritual and eternal rest; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Having exhorted them to hasten to enter God’s rest, and having cited Christ’s greatne according to His divine nature as an encouragement, the Apost…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson