23 Bible Verses About the Blood of Jesus



  • Leviticus 17:11 gives the law’s reason blood atones: “the life of a creature is in the blood.”
  • Hebrews 9:13-14 contrasts animal blood, which made people outwardly clean, with the blood of Christ, which cleanses the conscience.
  • Hebrews 10:19-22 gives all believers entry to the Most Holy Place, which under the law only the high priest entered, once a year and with blood (Hebrews 9:7).
  • Ephesians 2:13 says Gentiles once “far away” were brought near by the blood of Christ, and Colossians 1:20 extends the peace made through his blood to all things in heaven and on earth.
  • Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed and Baptist confessions read Jesus’ words over the cup as a change of substance, as his true blood under the wine, as a real but spiritual feeding by faith, and as a memorial.

The Bible says the blood of Jesus redeems, forgives and cleanses from sin. It borrows that language from the sacrifices of the law of Moses, whose reason Leviticus 17:11 gives. Hebrews 9 reads the death of Christ through those sacrifices, Paul and the Gospels record Jesus’ words over the cup at the Last Supper, and Revelation speaks of the blood of a slain Lamb. Blood in the law of Moses Leviticus 17:11 “For the life of a creature is in…

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