American Standard Version

Hebrews 10:21

21and having a great priest over the house of God;

Hebrews 10:21 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)And having an high priest over the house of God;
New International Version (NIV)and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
English Standard Version (ESV)and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
New King James Version (NKJV)and having a High Priest over the house of God,

Context of Hebrews 10:21

19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having a great priest over the house of God; 22let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water, 23let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

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Hebrews 10:21 word by word

καὶ ἱερέα μέγαν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ,Read the interlinear

greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
priestἱερεύςhiereus · priestG2409
houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:21

Hebrews 2:17Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, evenJesus;
Hebrews 4:14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 6:20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Hebrews 8:1Now in the things which we are saying the chief pointis this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
Hebrews 3:3For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.
Matthew 16:18And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.
2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 2:19So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
1 Timothy 3:15but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:21

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21A high priest over the house of God - The house or family of God is the Christian Church, or all true believers in the Lord Jesus. Over this Church, house, or family, Christ is the High Priest - in their behalf he offers his own blood, and their prayers and praises; and as the high priest had the ordering of all things that appertained to the house and worship of God, so has Christ in the government of his Church. This government he never gave into other…Read the comment
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21And having an High Priest over the house of God - Over the spiritual house of God; that is, the church; compare the notes on Hebrews 3:1-6. Under the Jewish dispensation there was a great high priest, and the same is true under the Christian dispensation. This the apostle had shown at length in the previous part of the Epistle. The idea here is, that as under the former dispensation it was regarded as a privilege that the people of God might have access…Read the comment
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The apostle having closed the first part of the epistle, the doctrine is applied to practical purposes. As believers had an open way to the presence of God, it became them to use this privilege. The way and means by which Christians enjoy such privileges, is by the blood of Jesus, by the merit of that blood which he offered up as an atoning sacrifice. The agreement of infinite holiness with pardoning mercy, was not clearly understood till the…Read the comment
Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Jesus, as Messiah, is the high priest and king who leads God's people (see Hebrews 3:1–6; 2 Samuel 7:13).Read the comment
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. high priest--As a different Greek term (archiereus) is used always elsewhere in this Epistle for "high priest," translate as Greek here, "A Great Priest"; one who is at once King and "Priest on His throne" (Zec 6:13); a royal Priest, and a priestly King. house of God--the spiritual house, the Church, made up of believers, whose home is heaven, where Jesus now is (He 12:22, 23). Thus, by "the house of God," over which Jesus is, heaven is included in…Read the comment

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