{For he is our peace} (autos gar estin h(8820)eir(886e)(8820)h(886d)(936e)).
He himself, not just what he did (necessary as that was and is).
He is our peace with God and so with each other (Jews and
Gentiles). {Both one} (	a amphotera hen). "The both" (Jew and
Gentile). Jesus had said "other sheep I have which are not of
this fold" ( Joh 10:16 ). {One} (hen) is neuter singular
(oneness, unity, identity) as in  Ga 3:28 . Race and national
distinctions vanish in Christ. If all men were really in Christ,
war would disappear. {Brake down the middle wall of partition}
(	o mesotoichon tou phragmou lusas). "Having loosened (first
aorist active participle of lu(935c), see  Joh 2:19 ) the
middle-wall (late word, only here in N.T., and very rare
anywhere, one in papyri, and one inscription) of partition
(phragmou, old word, fence, from phrass(935c), to fence or hedge,
as in  Mt 21:33 )." In the temple courts a partition wall divided
the court of the Gentiles from the court of Israel with an
inscription forbidding a Gentile from going further (Josephus,
_Ant_. VIII. 3, 2). See the uproar when Paul was accused of
taking Trophimus beyond this wall ( Ac 21:28 ).