Once] i.e. once for all: cp. Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 9:28. That he might bring us to God] cp. Romans 5:2. Access to God was the end to which all the Levitical sacrifices were directed, but till Christ offered Himself this end was never attained; as the Epistle to the Hebrews teaches. Quickened] i.e. made to live. By the Spirit] RV 'in the spirit.' This fuller life came to Christ through, or in the sphere of, His human spirit: cp. 1 Peter 4:6; Luke 23:46.

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