A curated list of passages focusing on the blood of Jesus.

 

 Here is a curated list of key passages from the New Testament that focus on the blood of Jesus. These passages emphasize the theological significance of His blood in terms of atonement, redemption, covenant, purification, and victory:

Passages on the Blood of Jesus

  1. Matthew 26:28
    • "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
    • Context: Jesus instituting the Lord's Supper, highlighting the new covenant in His blood.
  2. John 6:53-56
    • "Jesus said to them, 'Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.'"
    • Context: Jesus explaining the necessity of partaking in His sacrificial death for eternal life.
  3. Romans 3:25
    • "God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith."
    • Context: Paul discussing how Jesus' blood satisfies God's justice and brings forgiveness.
  4. Romans 5:9
    • "Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!"
    • Context: The blood of Jesus justifies believers and saves them from God's wrath.
  5. Ephesians 1:7
    • "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace."
    • Context: Redemption and forgiveness through Jesus' blood.
  6. Ephesians 2:13
    • "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ."
    • Context: The blood of Christ reconciles believers to God, bringing them near.
  7. Colossians 1:20
    • "And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
    • Context: The reconciliation of all things through Jesus' blood.
  8. Hebrews 9:12-14
    • "He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!"
    • Context: Jesus' blood is superior to the old sacrificial system, providing eternal redemption.
  9. Hebrews 10:19-22
    • "Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water."
    • Context: The blood of Jesus gives believers confident access to God's presence.
  10. 1 Peter 1:18-19
    • "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect."
    • Context: Believers are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, the unblemished Lamb.
  11. 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, purifies us from all sin."
    • Context: The blood of Jesus purifies believers from all sin.
  12. Revelation 1:5
    • "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood."
    • Context: Jesus' love and the freedom from sins through His blood.
  13. Revelation 5:9
    • "And they sang a new song, saying: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.'"
    • Context: The worthiness of Jesus, who redeemed people for God with His blood.
  14. Revelation 7:14
    • "I answered, 'Sir, you know.' And he said, 'These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'"
    • Context: The saints who have been purified through the blood of the Lamb.

 These passages collectively underscore the multifaceted significance of Jesus' blood in the New Testament, emphasizing themes of atonement, redemption, covenant, purification, and ultimate victory. Studying these scriptures can deepen your understanding of the central role that the blood of Jesus plays in Christian theology and practice.