By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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- WEB by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
- BSB by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
- NKJV by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
- NASB by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, through His flesh,
- NLT By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.
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Christ opened a new and living way to God through the veil, that is, through his flesh. His sacrificed body is the means of our access.
Overview
The 'new and living way' into God's presence was dedicated by Christ through the veil, identified here with 'his flesh', his crucified body. As the temple veil was torn at his death (Matthew 27:51), so Christ's flesh, given on the cross, opens the way to God. This way is 'living' because it leads to life through the risen, living Christ.
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- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 10:9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- Heb 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Matt 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- John 10:7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
- Heb 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Heb 9:8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Lev 16:2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
- 1 Tim 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
- Luke 23:45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
- 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 1 Jn 4:2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
- Exod 36:35–38And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
- 2 Jn 1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- Exod 26:31–37And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Lev 16:15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
- Eph 2:15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- John 6:51–56I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
- Lev 21:23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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