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href="/kjv/hebrews/13.htm">King James Bible</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/amp/hebrews/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/hebrews/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by his own blood. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that He might sanctify the people by His own blood. <a href="/asv/hebrews/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/cev/hebrews/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so his blood would make people holy. <a href="/erv/hebrews/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is why Jesus suffered outside the gates of Jerusalem. He suffered to make the people holy with his own blood. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> For this reason Jesus also died outside the city, in order to purify the people from sin with his own blood. <a href="/isv/hebrews/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> That is why Jesus, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, also suffered outside the city gate. <a href="/msb/hebrews/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. <a href="/net/hebrews/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/wey/hebrews/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/web/hebrews/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For this reason, also Jesus—that He might sanctify the people through [His] own blood—suffered outside the gate; <a href="/blb/hebrews/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by the own blood. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer; <a href="/slt/hebrews/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Wherefore also Jesus, that he might consecrate the people by his own blood, suffered without the camp.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Because of this, Jesus, too, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, to consecrate the people by his own blood. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify his people with his own blood, suffered outside the city. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Because of this, Yeshua also suffered outside of the city to sanctify his people by his blood.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Wherefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore indeed Jesus, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.<CM> <a href="/mace/hebrews/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for Jesus likewise suffered without the gate, to show he was the expiatory victim for the people. <a href="/wey/hebrews/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And for this reason Jesus also, in order, by His own blood, to set the people free from sin, suffered outside the gate. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/13-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=2875" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/13.htm">Christ's Unchanging Nature</a> …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. 12<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/1352.htm" title="1352: dio (Conj) -- Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.">so</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus also</a> <a href="/greek/3958.htm" title="3958: epathen (V-AIA-3S) -- I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. ">suffered</a> <a href="/greek/1854.htm" title="1854: exō (Prep) -- Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.">outside</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4439.htm" title="4439: pylēs (N-GFS) -- A gate. Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. The leaf or wing of a folding entrance.">city gate,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">to</a> <a href="/greek/37.htm" title="37: hagiasē (V-ASA-3S) -- From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate.">sanctify</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laon (N-AMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">people</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">by</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">His</a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398: idiou (Adj-GNS) -- Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate.">own</a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimatos (N-GNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood.</a> 13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a> 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. <a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17-18</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/27-32.htm">Matthew 27:32-33</a> 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, <a href="/mark/15-20.htm">Mark 15:20-22</a> 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. <a href="/luke/23-26.htm">Luke 23:26-33</a> 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. ... <a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17</a> Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a> 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.” <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11-12</a> 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. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a> God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a> 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. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25</a> 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. <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Galatians 3:13</a> 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.” <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a> 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. <a href="/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3</a> Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.sanctify.<a href="/hebrews/2-11.htm">Hebrews 2:11</a> 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,<a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13,14,18,19</a> 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: … <a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a> 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.<a href="/leviticus/24-23.htm">Leviticus 24:23</a> 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.<a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Numbers 15:36</a> And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.<a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-22.htm">City</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Free</a> <a href="/acts/16-13.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-8.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-27.htm">Order</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-28.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/james/1-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Free</a> <a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/james/1-27.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-19.htm">Order</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-13.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-15.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-22.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/james/1-19.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 13</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm">Various admonitions as to love;</a> 4. <a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">to honest life;</a> 5. <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">to avoid covetousness;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/13-7.htm">to regard God's preachers;</a> 9. <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">to take heed of strange doctrines;</a> 10. <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">to confess Christ;</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">to give alms;</a> 17. <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">to obey governors;</a> 18. <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">to pray for the apostles.</a> 20. <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">The conclusion.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate This phrase highlights the location of Jesus' crucifixion, which took place outside the walls of Jerusalem. This is significant because it fulfills the typology of the Old Testament sacrificial system, where the sin offerings were burned outside the camp (<a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a>). Jesus' suffering outside the city gate symbolizes His role as the ultimate sin offering, bearing the sins of the people. The location also emphasizes His rejection by the religious leaders and the people of Jerusalem, paralleling the scapegoat in <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Leviticus 16:10</a>, which was sent away into the wilderness. Historically, crucifixions were carried out outside city limits to maintain ceremonial cleanliness within the city and to serve as a public deterrent. This act of suffering outside the gate also connects to the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, where the Messiah is described as "despised and rejected by men."to sanctify the people The purpose of Jesus' suffering is to sanctify, or make holy, the people. In the Old Testament, sanctification was achieved through the sacrificial system, which involved the shedding of animal blood to atone for sins (<a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Exodus 29:36-37</a>). Jesus' sacrifice, however, is once and for all, providing a complete and perfect sanctification for those who believe in Him (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>). This sanctification is not just a ceremonial cleansing but a spiritual transformation, setting believers apart for God's purposes. The concept of sanctification is deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Exodus 19:6</a>, where Israel is called to be a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation."by His own blood The phrase underscores the means by which sanctification is achieved—through the blood of Jesus. In the biblical context, blood represents life and is essential for atonement (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). Jesus' blood is the fulfillment of the Old Testament sacrifices, which were a shadow of the true sacrifice to come (<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a>). His blood signifies the new covenant, as prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, where God promises to write His law on the hearts of His people and forgive their iniquities. The shedding of Jesus' blood is central to the Christian faith, as it provides redemption, reconciliation, and access to God (<a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>, <a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a>). This act of sacrifice is the ultimate demonstration of God's love and justice, satisfying the requirements of the law and offering grace to humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure of Christianity, the Son of God, who suffered and died for the sins of humanity. 2. <a href="/topical/o/outside_the_city_gate.htm">Outside the City Gate</a> Refers to the place of Jesus' crucifixion, symbolizing rejection and separation from the religious establishment of Jerusalem. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people.htm">The People</a> Refers to believers who are sanctified through Jesus' sacrifice. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sanctification.htm">Sanctification</a> The process of being made holy, set apart for God's purposes, achieved through Jesus' sacrifice. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_blood_of_jesus.htm">The Blood of Jesus</a> Represents the atoning sacrifice of Christ, which cleanses believers from sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_jesus'_suffering.htm">The Significance of Jesus' Suffering</a> Jesus' suffering outside the city gate symbolizes His rejection by the world and His role as the ultimate sin offering. Believers are called to identify with His suffering and rejection. <a href="/topical/s/sanctification_through_christ.htm">Sanctification through Christ</a> Sanctification is not achieved by human effort but through the blood of Jesus. Believers are set apart for God's purposes, called to live holy lives in response to His sacrifice. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_bear_reproach.htm">The Call to Bear Reproach</a> Just as Jesus bore reproach outside the city, Christians are called to bear reproach for His name, living counter-culturally and enduring persecution for their faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_blood.htm">The Power of the Blood</a> The blood of Jesus is central to the Christian faith, providing cleansing from sin and access to a relationship with God. Believers should continually rely on His sacrifice for spiritual growth and renewal. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_a_sanctified_people.htm">Living as a Sanctified People</a> As those sanctified by Christ, believers are to live distinctively, reflecting God's holiness in their conduct, relationships, and mission in the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 13</a> <a href="/q/binaural_beats__what_are_they,_effects.htm">Why did Jesus suffer beyond the city gates?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_pascha_mean.htm">What does Pascha mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_blood_of_christ_mean.htm">What is the meaning of the Blood of Christ?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_church_of_the_holy_sepulchre.htm">What is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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" (<a href="/matthew/27-32.htm" title="And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.">Matthew 27:32</a>; <a href="/john/19-20.htm" title="This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.">John 19:20</a>). 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 <a href="/hebrews/2-17.htm" title="Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.">Hebrews 2:17</a>; "sanctify," <a href="/hebrews/2-11.htm" title="For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,">Hebrews 2:11</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm" title="For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:">Hebrews 9:13</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm" title="By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.">Hebrews 10:10</a>. . . . <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/13-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. that is why διὸ (dio) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1352.htm">Strong's 1352: </a> Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently. Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. suffered ἔπαθεν (epathen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3958.htm">Strong's 3958: </a> I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer. outside ἔξω (exō) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1854.htm">Strong's 1854: </a> Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_4439.htm">Strong's 4439: </a> A gate. Apparently a primary word; a gate, i.e. The leaf or wing of a folding entrance. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_37.htm">Strong's 37: </a> From hagios; to make holy, i.e. purify or consecrate; to venerate. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> Apparently a primary word; a people. by διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. [His] τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> Pertaining to self, i.e. One's own; by implication, private or separate. blood. αἵματος (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 13:12 Therefore Jesus also that he might sanctify (Heb. 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