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Verse 20

20. which, c.—The antecedent in the Greek is "the entering" not as English Version, "way." Translate, "which (entering) He has consecrated (not as though it were already existing, but has been the first to open, INAUGURATED as a new thing; see on :-, where the Greek is the same) for us (as) a new (Greek, 'recent'; recently opened, Romans 16:25; Romans 16:26) and living way" (not like the lifeless way through the law offering of the blood of dead victims, but real, vital, and of perpetual efficacy, because the living and life-giving Saviour is that way. It is a living hope that we have, producing not dead, but living, works). Christ, the first-fruits of our nature, has ascended, and the rest is sanctified thereby. "Christ's ascension is our promotion; and whither the glory of the Head hath preceded, thither the hope of the body, too, is called" [LEO].

the veil—As the veil had to be passed through in order to enter the holiest place, so the weak, human suffering flesh (Romans 16:26- :) of Christ's humanity (which veiled His God head) had to be passed through by Him in entering the heavenly holiest place for us; in putting off His rent flesh, the temple veil, its type, was simultaneously rent from top to bottom (Romans 16:26- :). Not His body, but His weak suffering flesh, was the veil; His body was the temple (Romans 16:26- :).

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