Hebrews 4:15 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… Christ was pure, without sin, upon these grounds: 1. That His human nature might be fit to be united to the Divine nature. 2. That He might be a sufficient Saviour of others. "For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, undefiled, separate from sinners" (chap. 7:26). 3. That we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5.21). 4. That we might be saved, and yet the law not frustrated (Romans 8:3; Romans 10:4). 5. That Satan might have nothing to object against Him. 6. That death, grave, and devil might lose their power by seizing on Him that was without sin. (1) The aforesaid purity of Christ, to be without sin, puts a difference betwixt Christ and other priests, who "offered for themselves and for the errors of the people" (chap. 9:7). (2) It hence appeareth that no other man could have been a sufficient priest; for "there is none righteous; no, not one." "All have sinned" (Romans 3:10, 23). (3) This affordeth much comfort to us against our manifold sins; for when we appear before God He beholds us in our Surety. God's eye is especially cast upon Him who is without sin. (4) This may be a good incitement unto us to cleanse ourselves from all sin as far as possibly we can, that we may be like unto Him (1 John 3:3). (W. Gouge.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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