Hebrews 13:12
New International Version
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.

New Living Translation
So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood.

English Standard Version
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

Berean Standard Bible
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by the own blood.

King James Bible
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

New King James Version
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood.

NASB 1995
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

NASB 1977
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

Amplified Bible
Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city] gate so that He might sanctify and set apart for God as holy the people [who believe] through [the shedding of] His own blood.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by his own blood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that He might sanctify the people by His own blood.

American Standard Version
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy.

English Revised Version
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why Jesus suffered outside the gates of Jerusalem. He suffered to make the people holy with his own blood.

Good News Translation
For this reason Jesus also died outside the city, in order to purify the people from sin with his own blood.

International Standard Version
That is why Jesus, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, also suffered outside the city gate.

Majority Standard Bible
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

NET Bible
Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Weymouth New Testament
And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate.

World English Bible
Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For this reason, also Jesus—that He might sanctify the people through [His] own blood—suffered outside the gate;

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by the own blood.

Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer;

Smith's Literal Translation
Wherefore also Jesus, that he might consecrate the people by his own blood, suffered without the camp.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Because of this, Jesus, too, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the gate.

New American Bible
Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, to consecrate the people by his own blood.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify his people with his own blood, suffered outside the city.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, Yeshua also suffered outside of the city to sanctify his people by his blood.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Godbey New Testament
Therefore indeed Jesus, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Haweis New Testament
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Mace New Testament
for Jesus likewise suffered without the gate, to show he was the expiatory victim for the people.

Weymouth New Testament
And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate.

Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate.

Worsley New Testament
Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Christ's Unchanging Nature
11Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. 13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.…

Cross References
Leviticus 16:27
The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

John 19:17-18
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. / There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

Matthew 27:32-33
Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Mark 15:20-22
After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him. / Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

Luke 23:26-33
As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus. / A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. / But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ...

John 19:17
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Isaiah 53:11-12
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Colossians 1:20
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Romans 3:25
God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Numbers 19:3
Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.


Treasury of Scripture

Why Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

sanctify.

Hebrews 2:11
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Hebrews 9:13,14,18,19
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: …

Hebrews 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

suffered.

Leviticus 24:23
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:36
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Joshua 7:24
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

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Hebrews 13
1. Various admonitions as to love;
4. to honest life;
5. to avoid covetousness;
7. to regard God's preachers;
9. to take heed of strange doctrines;
10. to confess Christ;
16. to give alms;
17. to obey governors;
18. to pray for the apostles.
20. The conclusion.














And so Jesus also suffered
The phrase "And so Jesus also suffered" connects the suffering of Jesus to the broader context of sacrificial practices and the fulfillment of Old Testament typology. The Greek word for "suffered" is "πάσχω" (paschō), which implies enduring pain or hardship. This suffering is not merely physical but encompasses the spiritual and emotional agony Jesus endured. Historically, Jesus' suffering is the culmination of the prophetic anticipation of a suffering servant, as seen in Isaiah 53. His suffering was necessary for the redemption of humanity, fulfilling the divine plan of salvation.

outside the city gate
The phrase "outside the city gate" is significant both historically and theologically. In the Jewish sacrificial system, the sin offerings were burned outside the camp (Leviticus 16:27). Jesus' crucifixion outside Jerusalem symbolizes His role as the ultimate sin offering. The Greek term "πύλη" (pylē) refers to a gate or entrance, emphasizing the separation from the holy city, which represents the separation from the presence of God due to sin. This act of suffering outside the city signifies Jesus bearing the reproach and sin of the world, aligning with the imagery of the scapegoat in Leviticus.

to sanctify the people
The purpose of Jesus' suffering is "to sanctify the people." The Greek word for "sanctify" is "ἁγιάζω" (hagiazō), meaning to make holy or set apart for God. This sanctification is achieved through Jesus' sacrificial death, which cleanses believers from sin and consecrates them for a relationship with God. Theologically, this reflects the New Covenant promise where believers are made holy through the blood of Christ, as opposed to the repeated sacrifices of the Old Covenant, which could not fully cleanse the conscience (Hebrews 10:1-4).

by His own blood
The phrase "by His own blood" underscores the means by which sanctification is accomplished. The Greek word "αἷμα" (haima) refers to blood, symbolizing life and sacrificial death. In the Old Testament, blood was central to atonement rituals (Leviticus 17:11). Jesus' blood, however, is unique and superior, as it is the blood of the sinless Son of God, providing a once-for-all atonement for sin (Hebrews 9:12-14). This highlights the profound love and sacrifice of Christ, who willingly shed His blood to redeem and sanctify humanity, fulfilling the ultimate purpose of God's redemptive plan.

(12) The sin-offering was burned without the camp. Jesus who in all other points fulfilled the law of atonement fulfilled it in this point also, in that He suffered "without the gate" (Matthew 27:32; John 19:20). The two expressions answer to one another, each denoting that which lay beyond the sacred precincts, outside the special dwelling-place of God's people. "The people," see Hebrews 2:17; "sanctify," Hebrews 2:11; Hebrews 9:13; Hebrews 10:10. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

that is why
διὸ (dio)
Conjunction
Strong's 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

suffered
ἔπαθεν (epathen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.

outside
ἔξω (exō)
Preposition
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

[city] gate,
πύλης (pylēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4439: A gate. Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. The leaf or wing of a folding entrance.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

sanctify
ἁγιάσῃ (hagiasē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 37: From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people
λαόν (laon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2992: Apparently a primary word; a people.

by
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

[His]
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

own
ἰδίου (idiou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2398: Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.

blood.
αἵματος (haimatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.


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