Hebrews 9:24

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

You ascended the high mount, leading captives in your train and receiving gifts from people, even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.

Exodus 28:12

You shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.

Exodus 28:29

So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a continual remembrance before the Lord.

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Matthew 18:10

“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.

Mark 14:58

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’ ”

Mark 16:19

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 24:51

While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.”

John 6:62

Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Acts 3:21

who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.

Romans 8:33

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:14

Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 8:2

a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up.

Hebrews 8:5

They offer worship in a sanctuary that is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent. For, God said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 9:1

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:9

This is a symbol of the present time, indicating that gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Revelation 8:3

Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.