Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Hebrews 10:19

"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus," — Hebrews 10:19 (ASV)

The address “brothers” is affectionate, and the writer exhorts them on the basis of the saving events. “Therefore” links the exhortation with all that has preceded it. These saving events give the Christian a new attitude toward the presence of God. Nadab and Abihu died while offering incense (Leviticus 10:2), and it had become the custom for the high priest not to linger in the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement lest people be terrified. But Christians approach God confidently, completely at home in the situation created by Christ’s saving work. They enter “the Most Holy Place,” which, of course, is no physical sanctuary but is, in truth, the presence of God. And they enter it “by the blood of Jesus,” i.e., on the basis of his saving death.