SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:13
Pero ahora en Cristo Jess, vosotros que en otro tiempo estabais lejos, habis sido hechos cercanos por la sangre del Cristo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:13
Verse 13. Ye who sometimes were far off] To be far off, and to be near, are sayings much in use among the Jews; and among them, to be near signifies, 1. To be in the approbation or favour of God; and to be far off signifies to be under his displeasure. So a wicked Jew might be said to be far off from God when he was exposed to his displeasure; and a holy man, or a genuine penitent, might be said to be nigh to God, because such persons are in his favour. 2. Every person who offered a sacrifice to God was considered as having access to him by the blood of that sacrifice: hence the priests, whose office it was to offer sacrifices, were considered as being nigh to God; and all who brought gifts to the altar were considered as approaching the Almighty. 3. Being far off, signified the state of the Gentiles as contradistinguished from the Jews, who were nigh. And these expressions were used in reference to the tabernacle, God's dwelling-place among the Israelites, and the sacrifices there offered. All those who had access to this tabernacle, or were nigh to it or encamped about it, were said to be nigh to God; those who had no access to it were said to be far off. Hence the latter phrase is used to distinguish the Gentiles from the Jewish people; and this appears to be the meaning of the prophet, Isa. lvii. 19: I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; i.e. I give cause of praise and rejoicing to the Gentile as well as to the Jew. And to this scripture, and to this thing, the apostle seems here to allude. You Gentiles, who were unacquainted with God, and were even without God in the world, are brought to an acquaintance with him; and are now, through Christ Jesus, brought into the favour and fellowship of God. And as the Jews of old approached God by the blood of their sacrifices, so you approach him by the blood of Christ.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-13 - Christ and his covenant are the foundation of all the Christian' hopes. A sad and terrible description is here; but who is able to remove himself out of it? Would that this were not a true descriptio of many baptized in the name of Christ. Who can, without trembling reflect upon the misery of a person, separated for ever from the people of God, cut off from the body of Christ, fallen from the covenant of promise, having no hope, no Saviour, and without any God but a God of vengeance, to all eternity? To have no part in Christ! What tru Christian can hear this without horror? Salvation is far from the wicked; but God is a help at hand to his people; and this is by the sufferings and death of Christ.
Greek Textus Receptus
νυνι 3570 δε 1161 εν 1722 χριστω 5547 ιησου 2424 υμεις 5210 οι 3588 ποτε 4218 οντες 5607 5752 μακραν 3112 εγγυς 1451 εγενηθητε 1096 5675 εν 1722 τω 3588 αιματι 129 του 3588 χριστου 5547
Vincent's NT Word Studies
13. Now in Christ Jesus. Now, in contrast with at that time. In Christ Jesus, in contrast with alienated from, etc. Jesus is added because the Christ who was the subject of promise, the Messiah, has come into the world under that personal name. The phrase includes the promised Messiah and the actual Savior.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:13 {But now} (nuni de). Strong contrast, as opposed to "at that time." {Afar off} (makran). Adverb (accusative feminine adjective with hodon understood). From the politeia and its hope in God. {Are made nigh} (egeneqete eggus). First aorist passive indicative of ginomai, a sort of timeless aorist. Nigh to the commonwealth of Israel in Christ. {In the blood of Christ} (en twi haimati tou cristou). Not a perfunctory addition, but essential (#1:7), particularly in view of the Gnostic denial of Christ's real humanity.
