Hebrews 10:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

The Christian's access to the Holy place. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into," etc. Here the sacred writer enters upon the last great division of the Epistle. Having closed the argumentative portion, he opens the hortatory and admonitory part of his work. Our text is an exhortation to avail ourselves of the great privilege of access to the presence of God through the blood of Jesus. We have— I. A DECLARATION or CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE . 1. What the privilege is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-22

Approaching God. I. WHY THE APPROACH IS TO BE MADE . There needed the statement of no reason here; the necessity of approach is assumed. The great thing required was to substitute a new ground and a new mode of approach for a ground and a mode which had become useless, nay, even harmful. The Israelite had always acknowledged that he must approach Deity in some way or other. If God had not appointed a certain way of access in the Levitical ordinances, the Israelite would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-25

The great admonition. Having completed his elaborate argument, and concluded the doctrinal part of the treatise, the author warmly exhorts the Hebrews to maintain their Christian steadfastness. The appeal contained in these verses collects into a focus of intense light and heat the main teaching of this weighty book. The paragraph before us may be regarded as the center of gravity of the Epistle. It is also the key-note of the impressive representations and the loving counsels which occupy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-39

Hebrews 10:19-39 . HORTATORY PORTION OF THE EPISTLE . The great doctrine of Christ's eternal priesthood having been led up to, established by argument, and at length fully expounded, it remains only to press the practical result of a belief in it in alternate tones of encouragement and of warning. We have seen that, even in the earlier chapters, hortatory passages were frequently interposed, showing the purpose all along in the writer's mind. In the central and deepest part of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:19

Having therefore, brethren - The apostle, in this verse, enters on the hortatory part of his Epistle, which continues to the end of it. He had gone into an extensive examination of the Jewish and Christian systems; he had compared the Founders of the two - Moses and the Son of God, and shown how far superior the latter was to the former; he had compared the Christian Great High Priest with the Jewish high priest, and shown his superiority; he had compared the sacrifices under the two... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:20

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 was imperfect and difficult. The word which is rendered here “new” - πρόσφατον prosphaton - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means “slain, or killed thereto;” that is, “newly killed, just dead; and then fresh, recent.” Passow. It does not so much convey the idea that it is new... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 10:19-22

Hebrews 10:19-22. Having therefore The apostle, having finished the doctrinal part of his epistle, now proceeds to exhortation, deduced from what has been treated of from Hebrews 5:4. For though there are some occasional intermixtures of doctrines, consonant to those before insisted on, yet his professed design henceforward is to propose to, and press on, the believing Hebrews, such duties as the truths he had insisted on laid a foundation for, and showed to be necessary to be practised. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 10:19-25

10:19-12:29 THE ENDURANCE OF GENUINE FAITHThe new covenant brings confidence (10:19-25)Access to God’s presence was limited under the old covenant. Only the high priest could pass through the curtain that closed the entrance to the Most Holy Place, and then only at certain times and under strict conditions. But now that Christ, by his death, has atoned for sin and opened the way to God, all God’s people are able to come before him. They can do so confidently, yet with the reverence and purity... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 10:19

boldness . Greek. parrhesia. See Hebrews 3:6 . to enter = for (Greek. eis) the entering (Greek. eisodos. Acts 13:24 ) of. the holiest . See Hebrews 8:2 . The Heavenly Holiest. Jesus . App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 10:20

new = newly slain. Greek. prosphatos. Only here. The adverb Acts 18:2 (lately). and = and yet. living way . Figure of speech Idioma. App-6 . hath . Omit. consecrated . Greek. enkainizo. See Hebrews 9:18 . veil . See Hebrews 6:19 . read more

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