Hebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Note Or to make propitiation
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- it
- Hebrews 2:11, 14; Philippians 2:7, 8
- a merciful
- Hebrews 3:2, 5; Hebrews 4:15, 16; Hebrews 5:1, 2; Isaiah 11:5
- to make
- Leviticus 6:30; Leviticus 8:15; 2 Chronicles 29:24; Ezekiel 45:15, 17, 20; Daniel 9:24; Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21; Ephesians 2:16; Colossians 1:21