Hebrews 9:10

9:10 They served only for matters of food and drink ¹  and various washings; they are external regulations ²  imposed until the new order came. ³ 

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ⁴  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ⁵ 

Hebrews 9:13

9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, ⁶ 

Hebrews 12:9

12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from ⁷  our earthly fathers ⁸  and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? ⁹ 

Hebrews 2:14

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹⁰  their humanity, ¹¹  so that through death he could destroy ¹²  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Hebrews 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ¹³  Christ ¹⁴  offered ¹⁵  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

[9:10]  ¹ tn Grk “only for foods and drinks.”

[9:10]  ² tc Most witnesses (D¹ Ï) have “various washings, and external regulations” (βαπτισμοῖς καὶ δικαιώμασιν, baptismoi" kai dikaiwmasin), with both nouns in the dative. The translation “washings; they are… regulations” renders βαπτισμοῖς, δικαιώματα (baptismoi", dikaiwmata; found in such important mss as Ì⁴⁶ א* A I P 0278 33 1739 1881 al sa) in which case δικαιώματα is taken as the nominative subject of the participle ἐπικείμενα (epikeimena). It seems far more likely that scribes would conform δικαιώματα to the immediately preceding datives and join it to them by καί than they would to the following nominative participle. Both on external and internal evidence the text is thus secure as reading βαπτισμοῖς, δικαιώματα.

[9:10]  ³ tn Grk “until the time of setting things right.”

[10:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ⁵ 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.

[9:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, that of the conscience (cf. Heb 9:9).

[12:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”

[12:9]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.

[12:9]  ¹² tn Grk “and live.”

[2:14]  ¹³ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

[2:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the same.”

[2:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”

[5:7]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

[5:7]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:7]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.