By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Which. The antecedent is 'the entering;' not, as the English version, "way." Translate, 'which (entering) He has consecrated (not as though already existing, but has INAUGURATED as a new thing х enekainisen (G1457)]: note, Hebrews 9:18) for us (as) a new х prosfaton (G4372), recent: recently opened, Romans 16:25-26] and living way' (not the lifeless way through the law offering of blood of dead victims, but vital, and of perpetual efficacy, because the living and life-giving Saviour is that way. It is a living hope, producing not dead, but living works). Christ, the first-fruits of our nature, has ascended: the rest is sanctified thereby. 'Christ's ascension is our promotion; where the glory of the Head hath preceded, there the hope of the body is called' (Leo).
The veil. As the veil had to be passed through to enter the holiest, so the human suffering flesh (Hebrews 5:7) of Christ's humanity (which veiled His Godhead) had to be passed through by Him in entering the heavenly Holiest for us; in putting off His rent flesh, the temple veil, its type, was simultaneously rent from top to bottom (Matthew 27:51). Not His body, but His suffering flesh, was the veil: His body was the temple (John 2:19).