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Ibrani 5:2

Ia harus dapat mengerti orang-orang yang jahil dan orang-orang yang sesat, karena ia sendiri penuh dengan kelemahan,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Kindness;   Love;   Minister, Christian;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Compassion and Sympathy;   Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, the;   High Priest, the;   Ignorance of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ignorant, Ignorance;   Weakness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Burnt Offering;   High Priest;   Melchizedek;   Priest;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Compassion;   Hebrews;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hebrews, Epistle to;   Ignorance;   Number;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Day of Atonement ;   Dependence;   Discipline (2);   Expediency;   Guilt (2);   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Pity Compassion;   Priest;   Priest (2);   Psalms (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aaronic Priesthood;   High Priest;   47 To Have Compassion, Sympathy, Forbearance;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, Offices of;   Compass;   Compassion;   Err;   Ezra;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Ignorance;   Infirmity;   Priest, High;   Priesthood in the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 20;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ia harus dapat mengerti orang-orang yang jahil dan orang-orang yang sesat, karena ia sendiri penuh dengan kelemahan,
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan yang boleh menahan sabar akan orang yang jahil dan yang sesat, sebab ia sendiri pun diliputi dengan kelemahan;

Contextual Overview

1 For euery hye priest taken from among men, is ordeined for men, in things parteynyng to God, to offer gyftes & sacrifices for sinne: 2 Which can sufficiently haue compassion on the ignoraunt, & on them that erre out of the waye, forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie. 3 And for ye same [infirmitie] he is bounde to offer for sinnes, aswell for hym selfe, as for the people. 4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 Euen so, Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made ye hye priest: but he that sayde vnto hym, thou art my sonne, to day haue I begotten thee [gaue it hym.] 6 As he saith also in another place: thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech. 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe, when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares, vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death, and was hearde in that which he feared: 8 Though he were the sonne, yet learned he obediece, by these thinges which he suffred: 9 And being perfect, was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Who: Hebrews 2:18, Hebrews 4:15

have compassion on: or, reasonably bear with

ignorant: Numbers 15:22-29, 1 Timothy 1:13

them: Hebrews 12:13, Exodus 32:8, Judges 2:17, Isaiah 30:11

is compassed: Hebrews 7:28, Exodus 32:2-5, Exodus 32:21-24, Numbers 12:1-9, Numbers 20:10-12, Luke 22:32, 2 Corinthians 11:30, 2 Corinthians 12:5, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Galatians 4:13

Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:2 - through Leviticus 16:6 - for himself Ezekiel 45:20 - every one Matthew 9:11 - Why Matthew 9:36 - when Matthew 14:14 - and was Mark 8:2 - compassion Acts 18:14 - bear Romans 8:26 - infirmities 2 Corinthians 11:1 - bear with me a 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - be Hebrews 2:17 - a merciful

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God toke the man, and put hym in the garden of Eden, that he myght worke it, and kepe it.
Genesis 2:23
And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.
Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth.
Matthew 19:4
He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female,
Mark 10:6
But from the begynnyng of the creation, God made them male & female.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all ye face of the earth, & hath determined the tymes before appoynted, and also the boundes of their habitation:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who can have compassion on the ignorant,.... Who have committed sins of ignorance, and bring their sacrifices for them; these he does not insult and upbraid, nor break out into anger and indignation against; but pities them, and sympathizes with them; has a just measure of compassion suitable to their condition, and bears with them with great moderation and temper:

and on them that are out of the way; of God's commandments; who are like sheep going astray, and turn to their own way; who transgress the law of God, and err from it; perhaps such who sin knowingly and wilfully, and through infirmity, are meant:

for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity; not of body only, but of mind, sinful infirmity; he had much of it, it beset him all around; he was "clothed" with it, as the Syriac version renders it; as Joshua the high priest was with filthy garments, Zechariah 3:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who can have compassion - Margin, “Reasonably bear with.” The idea is that of “sympathizing with.” The high priest is taken from among men, in order that he may have a fellow-feeling for those on whose behalf he officiates. Sensible of his own ignorance, he is able to sympathize with those who are ignorant; and compassed about with infirmity, he is able to succour those who have like infirmities.

And on them that are out of the way - The erring, and the guilty. If he were taken from an order of beings superior to people, be would be less qualified to sympathize with those who felt that they were sinners, and who needed pardon.

For that he himself also is compassed with infirmity - see chap. Hebrews 7:28. He is liable to err; He is subject to temptation; he must die, and appear before God - and encompassed with these infirmities, he is better qualified to minister in behalf of guilty and dying people. For the same reason it is, that the ministers of the gospel are chosen from among people. They are of like passions with others. They are sinners; they are dying men. They can enter into the feelings of those who are conscious of guilt; they can sympathize with those who tremble in dread of death; they can partake of the emotions of those who expect soon to appear before God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 5:2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant — The word μετριοπαθειν, signifies, not merely to have compassion, but to act with moderation, and to bear with each in proportion to his ignorance, weakness, and untoward circumstances, all taken into consideration with the offences he has committed: in a word, to pity, feel for, and excuse, as far as possible; and, when the provocation is at the highest, to moderate one's passion towards the culprit, and be ready to pardon; and when punishment must be administered, to do it in the gentlest manner.

Instead of αγνοουσι, the ignorant, one MS. only, but that of high repute, has ασθενουσι, the weak. Most men sin much through ignorance, but this does not excuse them if they have within reach the means of instruction. And the great majority of the human race sin through weakness. The principle of evil is strong in them; the occasions of sin are many; through their fall from God they are become exceedingly weak; and what the apostle calls, Hebrews 12:1, that ευπεριστατον αμαρτιαν, the well-circumstanced sin, often occurs to every man. But, as in the above ease, weakness itself is no excuse, when the means of strength and succour are always at hand. However, all these are circumstances which the Jewish high priest took into consideration, and they are certainly not less attended to by the High Priest of our profession.

The reason given why the high priest should be slow to punish and prone to forgive is, that he himself is also compassed with weakness; περικειται ασθενειαν; weakness lies all around him, it is his clothing; and as he feels his clothing, so should he feel it; and as he feels it, so he should deplore it, and compassionate others.


 
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