In his remarkable representative ministry, Jesus had to know the discipline mentioned in verse 10, enough to boggle any mind, that of being made ‘perfect through suffering’. How the Son of God could be made perfect is incredible and humbling. It means that we have a fully sympathetic Saviour, one who is ‘able to help those who are being tempted’ (v. 18); an example to us in the hour of testing, but also a unique person, seen supremely in the cross which is ever central in this letter and the whole
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