| succour Hebrews 2:18 Succour (succor) means "To help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; assist and deliver from suffering" (from the Century Dictionary). From Barnes: "This does not mean that he would not have had 'power' to assist others if he had not gone through these sufferings, but that he is now qualified to sympathize with them from the fact that he has endured like trials... The idea is, that one who has himself been called to suffer is able to sympathize with those who suffer; one who has been tempted, is able to sympathize with those who are tempted in like manner... Hence, it is that ministers of the gospel are often -- like their Master -- much persecuted and afflicted, that they may be able to assist others... And they should be willing to endure all this; because:
Philippians 1:29 says it is [graciously] given (Greek "charizomai") -- i.e., a priviledge -- to suffer for Christ; see Added Footnote. |