22 Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.
23 Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

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by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,

he has inaugurated for us a new and living way through the curtain (that is, through his flesh)—

By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.

by the new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,

By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

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