“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.”
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin — the accessibility of Christ's priesthood flows from his real human experience of temptation in all its forms. Yet his sinlessness means he experienced temptation without the internal corruption that weakens others; he knows our struggle while maintaining perfect obedience.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 4:15
“For we have not an High Priest, who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” He is not (he means) ignorant of what concerns us, as many of the High Priests, who know not those in tribulations, nor that there is tribulation at any time. For in the case of men it is impossible that one should know the affliction of the afflicted who has not had experience, and gone through the actual sensations. Our High Priest endured all things. Therefore He endured first and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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