"For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] [c]to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering]." Hebrews 2:18 (Amplified)
Isaiah 53:3 prophesied that Jesus was going to be "a man of sorrows acquainted with grief." He was always going to be the one that knew how we felt because it was His destiny to come to the earth to experience everything we would ever go through.
The writer of Hebrews was focused on portraying that message to those who were still struggling to grasp the message of Christ. They (the Hebrews) couldn't understand or accept that the Jesus that came was the promised one that the prophets all prophesied about. Yet there was a generation of Hebews curious in finding out to this man's claim to divinity, thus this book was written primarily for their sake and subsequently ours.
I know for a fact that people have a hard time accepting Christianity because they see the idea as far fetched. They see Christ as this Holy being up in Heaven far away from our troubles our pain and our sorrows. What they fail to realize is that Jesus was tired, hungry, and sorrowful as well. He clothed himself with humanity so that we could come to Him for anything and that He might help us all.
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