Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Having therefore, brethren, a confidence. Here begins as it were the second part of this epistle, in which the apostle exhorts the Hebrews to the practice of Christian virtues, to a firm hope, and confidence of entering with Christ into the holy of holies; i.e. into heaven. (Witham)
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 says) not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. Hebrews 7:16 And You are a Priest for ever. Hebrews 5:6 Behold the continuance of the Priest. And concerning the Covenant, That (he says) is old (for that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away Hebrews 8:13), but this is new; and has remission of sins, while that [has] nothing of the kind: for (he says) the Law made nothing perfect. Hebrews 7:19 And again, sacrifice and offering You would not. Hebrews 10:5 T...
