Hebrews 10:5

Hebrews 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.

Context of Hebrews 10:5

3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. 6In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

Hebrews 10:5 word by word

Διὸ εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον λέγει· θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι·Read the interlinear

• Thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• when Christ cameεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Sacrificeθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• offeringπροσφοράprosphora · offeringG4376
• You did not desireοὐou · noG3756
• You did not desireθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• butδέde · thenG1161
• a bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• You preparedκαταρτίζωkatartizō · to completeG2675
• for Meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:5

• Hebrews 10:7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
• Hebrews 1:6And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
• Matthew 11:3to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
• Luke 7:19So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
• Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
• Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
• Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
• Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
• Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
• Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Hebrews 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
• Hebrews 8:3And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
• Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
• Jeremiah 31:22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
• Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When he (the Messiah) cometh into the world - Was about to be incarnated, He saith to God the Father, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not - it was never thy will and design that the sacrifices under thy own law should be considered as making atonement for sin, they were only designed to point out my incarnation and consequent sacrificial death, and therefore a body hast thou prepared me, by a miraculous conception in the womb of a virgin, according…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Wherefore - This word shows that the apostle means to sustain what he had said by a reference to the Old Testament itself. Nothing could be more opposite to the prevailing Jewish opinions about the efficacy of sacrifice, than what he had just said. It was, therefore, of the highest importance to defend the position which he had laid down by authority which they would not presume to call in question, and he therefore makes his appeal to their own…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5but a body You prepared for Me: God had prepared the psalm writer to obey and be ready to do God's will. Hebrews now applies this idea to Christ. For Hebrews, preparing a human body, especially Christ's body, shows that God would use it as a better sacrifice.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Christ's voluntary self offering, in contrast to those inefficient sacrifices, is shown to fulfill perfectly "the will of God" as to our redemption, by completely atoning "for (our) sins." Wherefore--seeing that a nobler than animal sacrifices was needed to "take away sins." when he cometh--Greek, "coming." The time referred to is the period before His entrance into the world, when the inefficiency of animal sacrifices for expiation had been proved…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:5

• Atonement
• Law
• Offerings
• Quotations and Allusions
• Types

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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