📖 Biblical Definition
The Blood of Christ is the actual physical blood Christ shed at His crucifixion — and theologically it is the basis of every saving benefit the church possesses. It is the basis of redemption: "not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold... But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1 Peter 1:18-19). Of atonement: "a propitiation through faith in his blood" (Romans 3:25). Of the new covenant: "the blood of the everlasting covenant" (Hebrews 9:15; 13:20). Of the cleansing of conscience: "shall not the blood of Christ... purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews 9:14). Of access to the holiest (10:19). All saving good flows from this blood.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
The blood Christ shed at the cross; doctrinal basis of redemption, atonement, new covenant.
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The New Testament refers to the blood of Christ, the blood of Jesus, the blood of the Lamb, His blood over 40 times. The vocabulary is dense, deliberate, and indispensable.
The substitutionary, satisfying, ratifying, cleansing, and victorious dimensions of the blood are unfolded across Romans, Hebrews, 1 Peter, and Revelation.
📖 Key Scripture
Hebrews 9:22 — "And without shedding of blood is no remission."
1 Peter 1:18 — "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold."
1 Peter 1:19 — "But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."
Revelation 12:11 — "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern Christianity is sometimes squeamish about blood; the New Testament is dense with it; the gospel cannot be preached without it.
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Hebrews 9-10 is the New Testament's most concentrated treatment. Blood ratifies covenant; blood cleanses sin; blood opens access to the holiest. Christ's blood does all three definitively.
The household's worship and sacrament keep the blood central. Nothing but the blood of Jesus, there is power in the blood, this is my blood of the new testament — the language is the gospel's spine.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Greek haima Christou.
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Greek haima — blood; behind English hematology.
Greek Christou — of Christ; the genitive linking blood to its Owner.
Usage
"Without shedding of blood is no remission."
"The gospel cannot be preached without it."
"They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb."