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Hebrews 10:20
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians tempted to revert to the old covenant, explaining how Jesus’ sacrifice grants them direct access to God’s presence.
The words — The passage highlights ἐνεκαίνισεν (enekainisen), literally He dedicated, and πρόσφατον (prosphaton), literally new, to describe the path Jesus created.
The thread — This theme of Christ as the exclusive path to God appears in John 14:6 and John 10:9, while the curtain imagery connects to Hebrews 9:3.
Why it lands — The text states that Jesus’ physical body functions as the torn curtain that establishes a new and living route into the Most Holy Place. A reader must acknowledge that access to God now depends entirely on Christ’s finished work rather than repeated rituals.
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The Greek words
King James Version
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Cross-references
- John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 10:9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
- Mark 15:38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
- John 10:7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
- Hebrews 6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- Hebrews 9:8 By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
- Luke 23:45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.