Romans 8:
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2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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Christ did not come with an un-fallen body but came "...in the likeness of sinful flesh...." He experienced sorrow and pain - both emotional and physical. He grew in wisdom and stature.
Just as Creation was subjected to futility in the Fall so was flesh itself. There is no "...had Christ lived on longer theoretically..." for the very hour He would be crucified for the sins of many was foreordained according to the perfect counsel of God.
He did not come as some sort of "Superman" but came in a nature that could feel pain and could be tempted.
Yet He did not sin.