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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Gill's Exposition
And having an high priest over the house of God. The church of God, over which Christ is as prophet, priest, and King, and as the Son and owner of it; See Gill on Heb 3:6; See Gill on Heb 4:14. In the…
Barnes' Notes
By a new and living way - By a new method or manner. It was a mode of access that was till then unknown. No doubt many were saved before the Redeemer came, but the method by which they approached God…
Adam Clarke
By a new and living way - It is a new way; no human being had ever before entered into the heaven of heavens; Jesus in human nature was the first, and thus he has opened the way to heaven to mankind,…
I. Here the apostle sets forth the dignities of the gospel state. It is fit that believers should know the honours and privileges that Christ has procured for them, that, while they take the comfort,…
Cambridge Bible
by a new and living way The word rendered "new" is not kainosas elsewhere in this Epistle, but prosphatos, which means originally "newly-slain." It may be doubted however whether the writer intended…
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