“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,”
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus — the homiletical pivot from argument to exhortation introduces the practical implications of Christ's superior priesthood. Confidence (parrēsia) to enter the holy of holies was impossible under the old covenant; Christ's blood grants unprecedented access (eisodos).
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:19
“ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us.” Having shown the difference of the High Priest, and of the sacrifices, and of the tabernacle, and of the Covenant, and of the promise, and that the difference is great, since those are temporal, but these eternal, those “near to vanishing away,” these permanent, those powerless, these perfect, those figures, these reality, for (he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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