Hebrews:5:2

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rwp @Hebrews:5:2 @{Who can bear gently } (\metriopathein dunamenos \). Present active infinitive of the late verb \metriopathe “\ (\metrios \, moderate , \pate “\, to feel or suffer ). It is a philosophical term used by Aristotle to oppose the \apatheia \ (lack of feeling ) of the Stoics . Philo ranks it below \apatheia \. Josephus ( _Ant_ . XII . 32 ) uses it of the moderation of Vespasian and Titus towards the Jews . It occurs here only in the N .T . "If the priest is cordially to plead with God for the sinner , he must bridle his natural disgust at the loathsomeness of sensuality , his impatience at the frequently recurring fall , his hopeless alienation from the hypocrite and the superficial , his indignation at any confession he hears from the penitent " (Dods ). {With the ignorant } (\tois agnoousin \). Dative case of the articular present active participle of \agnoe “\, old verb not to know (Mark:9:32 |). {And erring } (\kai plan “menois \). Present middle participle (dative case ) of \plana “\. The one article with both participles probably makes it a hendiadys , sins of ignorance (both accidence and sudden passion ) as opposed to high-handed sins of presumption and deliberate purpose . People who sinned "willingly " (\hekousi “s \, strkjv @10:26 |) had no provision in the Levitical system . For deliberate apostasy (3:12 ; strkjv @10:26 |) no pardon is offered . {Is compassed with infirmity } (\perikeitai astheneian \). Present passive indicative of the old verb \perikeimai \ here used transitively as in strkjv @Acts:28:20 | (\halusin \, chain ). The priest himself has weakness lying around him like a chain . Not so Jesus .

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