American Standard Version
Hebrews 10:9
9then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews 10:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
- New International Version (NIV)Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
- New King James Version (NKJV)then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
Context of Hebrews 10:9
7Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God. 8Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:
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τότε εἴρηκεν· ἰδοὺ ἥκω τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημά σου. ἀναιρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον ἵνα τὸ δεύτερον στήσῃ·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 10:9
- Hebrews 9:11But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
- Hebrews 7:18For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
- Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
- Hebrews 12:27And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
Commentaries on Hebrews 10:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He taketh away the first - The offerings, sacrifices, burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin, which were prescribed by the law. That he may establish the second - The offering of the body of Jesus once for all. It will make little odds in the meaning if we say, he taketh away the first covenant, that he may establish the second covenant; he takes away the first dispensation, that he may establish the second; he takes away the law, that he may establish…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Then said he - In another part of the passage quoted. When he had said that no offering which man could make would avail, then he said that he would come himself. He taketh away the first - The word “first” here refers to sacrifices and offerings. He takes them away; that is, he shows that they are of no value in removing sin. He states their inefficacy, and declares his purpose to abolish them. That he may establish the second - To wit, the doing of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10The author of Hebrews carefully follows the order of thought in the psalm. In the passage above He says, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire…": The author of Hebrews sees this as God rejecting the old system of sacrifices. Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.”: The author of Hebrews interprets this as Christ's willingness to be the ultimate sacrifice for sins. The author of Hebrews concludes…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Then said he--"At that time (namely, when speaking by David's mouth in the fortieth Psalm) He hath said." The rejection of the legal sacrifices involves, as its concomitant, the voluntary offer of Jesus to make the self-sacrifice with which God is well pleased (for, indeed, it was God's own "will" that He came to do in offering it: so that this sacrifice could not but be well pleasing to God). I come--"I am come." taketh away--"sets aside the first,"…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hebrews 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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