Sympathy

The ability to appreciate another’s condition, especially through shared experience of pain or suffering. God sympathises with his people in their sufferings, as does Jesus Christ as the sympathetic high priest.

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God sympathises with his people Ps 10:14; 2 Co 1:3–4 See also Ex 22:26–27; Dt 10:18; Jdg 2:18; Ps 9:9; Ps 91:15; Is 40:1–2; Is 66:13; Je 8:18; 2 Co 7:6 God’s apparent lack of sympathy may be evidence of judgment Je 16:5–6 See also Is 27:11; Is 63:15 Jesus Christ sympathises with those in distress Jn…