Holy Week · Maundy Thursday · Year C
Hebrews 10:15-25
Let Us Draw Near With Confidence
April 13, 2028
Overview & Insights
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering.” (Hebrews 10:23)
The passage opens by quoting Jeremiah’s new covenant for a second time, the first having come at 8:8-12, and attributes it to the Holy Spirit as speaker, which is how this writer regularly introduces scripture; the text is a present address, not a record. The inference drawn is brief and total, that where sins are no longer remembered no further offering is needed (v. 18), and with that the letter’s long argument closes. What follows is its turn to exhortation, organized by three hortatory subjunctives: let us draw near, let us hold fast, let us consider how to stir one another to love. The way in is called new and living and is identified with the curtain, “that is, through his flesh” (v. 20), an image that reads the torn veil as a body. Verse 25, warning against neglecting to meet together, is the earliest explicit evidence for habitual Christian assembly.
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Commentary
Hebrews 10:15-18 CommentaryHeb 10:15-18 Commentary preceptaustin.org
Verse by verse word study opening this passage's argument from the new covenant promise.
Hebrews 10:19 CommentariesHeb 10:19 Commentaries biblehub.com
Classic commentators on the confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
Matthew Henry Commentary on Hebrews 10Mt Henry Commentary on Heb 10 blueletterbible.org
Henry reads the call to draw near, hold fast and stir one another up as the practical fruit of Christ's sacrifice.
Hebrews 10Heb 10 Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse treatment of the single sacrifice and the call to draw near and hold fast.
Commentary on Hebrews 10:16-25Commentary on Heb 10:16-25 Working Preacher
Preaching commentary on the overlapping Good Friday lection, covering the new and living way.
Background & Word Study
Introductory Issues in HebrewsIntroductory Issues in Heb enterthebible.org
Luther Seminary background on Hebrews' argument, the frame for this passage's sanctuary language.
Hebrews 10:19 interlinearHeb 10:19 interlinear biblehub.com
Greek interlinear for the confidence and new and living way language of this passage.
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