The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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has resulted in a vast amount of misery. In the final<br />
judgment it will be revealed that "the blood ... of<br />
all who were slain on the earth" is to be "found" in<br />
Babylon's doctrine of a false christ (Revelation<br />
18:24).<br />
9. Does the Greek of Hebrews 4:15 imply that<br />
Christ was not really tempted "in all points like<br />
as we are"?<br />
It says that He was tempted "identically" with<br />
us (kata panta kath'homoioteta). No matter how<br />
you try to translate it, you end up with the same<br />
thought: He was tempted "identically" "in all<br />
things" as we are, or "in all points like as we are."<br />
<strong>The</strong> Greek of Hebrews 2:18 farther clarifies this<br />
text: "In that [which] He Himself has suffered,<br />
being tempted, He is able to aid those who are<br />
tempted." In other words, "only in respect of the<br />
temptations He Himself has suffered, being<br />
tempted" is He "able to aid those who are<br />
tempted." <strong>The</strong> context of Hebrews 2:9-17 is so<br />
clear that we cannot deny the equivalence and the<br />
necessity of Christ's temptations as related to ours.<br />
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