Heb 2:17, 3:1 | PNT | STEP | It behoved him to be made like [his] brethren . Hence, for the reasons given above, it was necessary that he take our nature. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest . To be our high priest he must be in full sympathy with us, having experienced our trials and our sufferings. To make reconciliation for the sins of the people . As our high priest he made atonement for us. Conscious of all our frailties he intercedes for us. In him, the Divine man, all who are found in him are justified before God.

‏ Hebrews 2:17

It behoved him to be made like [his] brethren. Hence, for the reasons given above, it was necessary that he take our nature.

That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest. To be our high priest he must be in full sympathy with us, having experienced our trials and our sufferings.

To make reconciliation for the sins of the people. As our high priest he made atonement for us. Conscious of all our frailties he intercedes for us. In him, the Divine man, all who are found in him are justified before God.

‏ Hebrews 3:1

Christ Superior to Moses SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 3: Our Apostle and High Priest. He Above Moses, As the Builder Is Above the House. Moses a Servant in the House; Christ the Son. Lessons Drawn from Israel Under Moses. How the Israelites Provoked God in the Wilderness. How He Refused Them Admission to the Rest. Unbelief Caused Their Fall.

Wherefore. Seeing Christ is so exalted as the first and second chapter show.

Holy brethren. Christians made holy by being purged of their sins.

Partakers of the heavenly calling. Called by a gospel which came from heaven and which will lead those who obey it, and thus become partakers, to heaven.

Consider the Apostle and High Priest. Christ. An apostle is one sent. Moses, in this sense, was an apostle. Christ was sent from heaven. The Twelve were sent out by Christ. He is not only Apostle, but High Priest; superior to both Moses and Aaron combined.

Of our profession, Jesus Christ. More correctly, "Our confession", that is, of all confessors of Christ. The confession of Peter was the confession of primitive Christians (Mt 16:16).