“Jesus is the perfect high priest because he is perfectly God, and perfectly one with us. Because he has known our life, he can give us sympathy, mercy and power. He brought God to men and women, and he can bring them to God.”

- William Barclay

“We dare not be prayerless. In the trials and temptations of life we find comfort in the deep assurance that ‘Jesus knows’, but our author’s exposition of the high-priestly ministry of Christ includes an invitation to follow him with boldness into the holy place. It is here that we receive mercy to cover the sins of yesterday, and it is also here that we find grace to meet the needs of today.”

“P. T. Forsyth used to insist that prayerlessness is the root of all sin. When we do not give time each day to earnest and believing prayer, we are saying that we can cope with life without divine aid. It is human arrogance at its worst. Jesus knew that he had to pray and did so, gladly, necessarily and effectively. To be prayerless is to be guilty of the worst form of practical atheism. We are saying that we believe in God but we can do without him. It makes us careless about our former sins and heedless of our immediate needs. This letter urges us to come into the presence of a God who welcomes us and a Christ who understands us. To neglect the place of prayer is to rob ourselves of immense and timely resources. For the Christian the throne of grace is the place of help.”

- The Bible Speaks Today Commentary