Book of Common Prayer

Thus Christ Mediates a New Covenant Inaugurated By His Own Blood

¹⁵ And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that the ones having been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance— a death having taken-place for the redemption from the transgressions committed under^[a] the first covenant. ¹⁶ For where there is a will^[b], it is a necessity that the death of the one having made-the-will be brought-forth. ¹⁷ For a will over dead ones is firm, since it does not ever have [legal] power when the one having made-the-will is living. ¹⁸ Hence, not even the first covenant has been inaugurated^[c] without blood. ¹⁹ For every commandment having been spoken to all the people by Moses according-to^[d] the Law— having taken the blood of the calves and the goats along with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you” [Ex 24:8]. ²¹ And he likewise sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the objects of the ministry. ²² Indeed according-to^[e] the Law almost everything is cleansed^[f] with blood, and forgiveness does not take-place^[g] apart-from blood-shedding^[h]. ²³ Therefore it was a necessity that the copies^[i] of the things in the heavens be cleansed with these^[j] things— but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

He Entered The Heavenly Temple

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into the Holies made-by-human-hands— copies of the true things— but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

He Offered Himself Once For All As a Sacrifice To Set Aside Sin

²⁵ Nor did He enter in order that He might offer Himself often— as indeed the high priest enters into the Holies yearly with the blood belonging-to-another— ²⁶ otherwise He would had-to-have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once-for-all at the conclusion^[k] of the ages for the setting-aside of sin by the sacrifice^[l] of Himself.

He Will Appear To Us a Second Time For Salvation

²⁷ And just as it is destined for people to die once and after this comes the judgment, ²⁸ so also^[m] Christ, having been offered once so as to bear^[n] the sins of many, will appear for a second time without reference to sin to the ones eagerly-awaiting Him, for salvation.

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus responded and was saying to them—

Jesus Responds Regarding His Work: The Son Does Only What The Father Does

“Truly, truly, I say to you— the Son can do nothing from Himself except^[a] something He sees the Father doing. For whatever things that One is doing, these things the Son is also likewise doing. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing. And He will show Him greater works than these, in order that you may marvel.

The Son Raises And Judges The Dead, And Thus Is Due Equal Honor With God

²¹ “For^[b] just as the Father raises the dead and gives-life-to them, so also the Son gives-life-to the ones whom He wishes^[c]. ²² For the Father does not even judge anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ in order that all may honor the Son just-as^[d] they are honoring the Father. The one not honoring the Son is not honoring the Father having sent Him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you that the one hearing My word and believing the One having sent Me has eternal life. And he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

The Son Has Life In Himself And Gives Life To The Spiritually Dead

²⁵ “Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones having heard will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself. ²⁷ And He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is a son^[e] of man.

The Son Will Give Life To The Physically Dead

²⁸ Do not be marveling-at this, because an hour is coming in which all the ones in the graves will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come out— the ones having done the good things to a resurrection of life; the ones having practiced the bad things to a resurrection of judgment.