Ibrani 10:12-13

10:12 But when this priest ¹  had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand ²  of God, 10:13 where he is now waiting ³  until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet. ⁴ 

Ibrani 10:19-22

Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith

10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, ⁵  since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ⁶  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ⁷  10:21 and since we have a great priest ⁸  over the house of God, 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, ⁹  because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ¹⁰  and our bodies washed in pure water.

Ibrani 12:2

12:2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ¹¹ 

[10:12]  ¹ tn Grk “this one.” This pronoun refers to Jesus, but “this priest” was used in the translation to make the contrast between the Jewish priests in v. 11 and Jesus as a priest clearer in English.

[10:12]  ² sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[10:13]  ³ tn Grk “from then on waiting.”

[10:13]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ⁷ sn 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.

[10:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “and a great priest,” continuing the construction begun in v. 19.

[10:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “in assurance of faith.”

[10:22]  ¹⁰ sn The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emphasis on the interior cleansing provided by the new covenant: It is the heart that is cleansed and the conscience made perfect (cf. Heb 8:10; 9:9, 14; 10:2, 16).

[12:2]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.