Heb 10:19-20 | RWP | e4.org | Having therefore ( εχοντες ουν ). The author now gives a second (the first in ) resume of the five arguments concerning the superior priestly work of Christ ( ) coupled with an earnest exhortation like that in , with which he began the discussion, before he proceeds to treat at length the fifth and last one, the better promises in Christ ( ). Boldness ( παρρησιαν ). This is the dominant note all through the Epistle ( ; ; , ). They were tempted to give up Christ, to be quitters. Boldness (courage) is the need of the hour. Into the holy place ( των αγιων ). That is, the heavenly sanctuary where Jesus is ( ). This is the better sanctuary ( ). By the blood of Jesus ( εν τω αιματ Ιησου ). This is the better sacrifice just discussed ( ).

‏ Hebrews 10:19-20

Having therefore ( εχοντες ουν ). The author now gives a second (the first in 8:1-6) resume of the five arguments concerning the superior priestly work of Christ (10:19-25) coupled with an earnest exhortation like that in 4:14-16, with which he began the discussion, before he proceeds to treat at length the fifth and last one, the better promises in Christ (10:26-12:3).

Boldness ( παρρησιαν ). This is the dominant note all through the Epistle (3:6; 4:16; 10:19, 35). They were tempted to give up Christ, to be quitters. Boldness (courage) is the need of the hour.

Into the holy place ( των αγιων ). That is, the heavenly sanctuary where Jesus is (6:18-20). This is the better sanctuary (9:1-12).

By the blood of Jesus ( εν τω αιματ Ιησου ). This is the better sacrifice just discussed (9:13-10:18).

By the way which he dedicated for us ( ην ενεκαινισεν ημιν οδον ). This "new" ( προσφατον, freshly killed, newly made, from προς and the root of φατος, in the papyri, only here in N.T.) and "living" ( ζωσαν ) Jesus opened ("dedicated") for us by his Incarnation and Death for us. Thus he fulfilled God's promise of the "New Covenant" (8:7-13) in Jeremiah. The language is highly symbolic here and "through the veil" here is explained as meaning the flesh of Christ, his humanity, not the veil opening into heaven (6:20). Some do take "veil" here as obscuring the deity of Christ rather than the revelation of God in the human body of Christ (Joh 1:18; 14:9). At any rate because of the coming of Christ in the flesh we have the new way opened for access to God (Heb 2:17f.; 4:16).