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The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

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translates it, "tempted exactly as we have been."<br />

Paul's expression in Hebrews 2:17 clarifies how<br />

"in all things" Christ is "made like" His brethren<br />

who partake of a common fallen "flesh and blood."<br />

Those who oppose this view confuse homoiomati<br />

in Romans 8:3 with another Greek word,<br />

paromoios which does indeed mean merely<br />

"similar" or "resembling" but not "identical to." It<br />

is used in Mark 7:8,13 ("many such like things ye<br />

do"). If Paul had intended his meaning in Romans<br />

8:3 to be merely a "resemblance" or "similar to"<br />

our "sinful flesh," paromoios would have been the<br />

proper word to use, not homoioma.<br />

6. How was Christ tempted in the flesh?<br />

Hebrews sums up Christ's humanity by saying<br />

that it is only as Christ Himself suffered temptation<br />

as we suffer it that He is able to help us who are<br />

tempted. If in any way Christ was "exempt" from<br />

participation in our struggle, in that respect He<br />

must fail to be our Saviour: "In that He Himself has<br />

suffered being tempted, He is able to aid those who<br />

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