“By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;”
By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (katapetasma), that is, through his flesh — Christ's body-flesh (sarx) is the veil through which access is granted; his death tore the physical temple curtain (Matthew 27:51) and opened the ultimate curtain separating humanity from God's presence. New (prosphatos) and living (zōsa) describe a way that is recently opened and vital with resurrection power.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:20
“ 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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