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

3But as it is, those sacrifices every year cause people to remember their sins. 4We know that the blood of bulls and of goats cannot remove the punishment for sins. So, when Christ came into the world, he said to his Father, ‘You have not wanted people to offer sacrifices and other gifts to you. Instead, you have prepared a body for me to offer to you. 6Sacrifices do not make you happy. If people burn whole animals as a sacrifice, or if they offer a sacrifice to make them clean from their sins, that does not make you happy. 7Then I said, “Here I am, my God. I have come to do what you want. That is what it says about me in the Bible.” ’

Hebrews 10:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• when he comethεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• he saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Sacrificeθυσίαthusia · sacrificeG2378
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• offeringπροσφοράprosphora · offeringG4376
• thou wouldestθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• notοὐou · noG3756
• butδέde · thenG1161
• a bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• hast thou preparedκαταρτίζωkatartizō · to completeG2675
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:5

• Hebrews 10:7Then I said, “Here I am, my God. I have come to do what you want. That is what it says about me in the Bible.” ’
• Hebrews 1:6Also, when God was ready to bring his greatest Son into the world, he said: ‘All God's angels must worship him.’
• Matthew 11:3They said to him, ‘John the Baptist wants to know this: Are you the special person that God has promised to send to us? If not, should we still look for someone else?’
• Luke 7:19He said to them, ‘I want you to ask Jesus, “Are you the special person that God is sending to us? If not, should we still look for someone else?” ’
• Psalms 40:6You do not really want sacrifices and offerings. I understand that! You do not ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings.
• Psalms 50:8You offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to me all the time but that is not why I speak against you.
• Isaiah 1:11The Lord says, ‘All your sacrifices are not important to me. I have received too many sacrifices that you have burned as gifts to me. I have received too many sheep and fat animals. I do not want any more blood from bulls, goats and lambs that you have offered to me as sacrifices. They do not give me any pleasure.
• Jeremiah 6:20They may offer to me sweet incense that comes from Sheba. But that does not please me. The spices that they bring from lands far away do not please me either. I will not accept the burnt offerings or other sacrifices that they offer to me.’
• Amos 5:21The Lord says, ‘When you have your festivals, I hate them! When you meet to worship me, it does not make me happy!
• Hebrews 10:10Jesus Christ was ready to do what God wanted. He offered his own body to God once, for all time. Because of Christ's sacrifice, God has made us clean so that we belong to him.
• Hebrews 2:14So, those people who become God's children are human. They have human bodies. Because of that, Jesus himself became human like us. In that way, when he died he was able to destroy the Devil. It is the Devil who has power over death.
• Hebrews 8:3It is the duty of every special priest to offer gifts and sacrifices to God. So Jesus, as our special priest, must also have something to offer.
• Genesis 3:15I will cause you and the woman to become enemies. Your descendants and her descendants will always be enemies. One of her descendants will attack your head. You will attack his heel.’
• Isaiah 7:14So the Lord God himself will show you that he speaks a true message. Look, the young woman who has never had sex will become pregnant. She will give birth to a son. She will call his name Immanuel.
• Jeremiah 31:22You went away from me, like a daughter who refuses to obey her father. Do not continue to turn away from me. I, the Lord, promise to do a new thing. Women will take care of men!’
• Matthew 1:20He thought about what he should do. Then an angel came from the Lord God to see him. The angel came to Joseph while he was dreaming. The angel said, ‘Joseph, you who are from the family of King David, take Mary home as your wife. Do not be afraid to do that. The baby that is growing inside 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

In the dictionaries

• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Covenant
• Draw
• Fearful
• High priest
• Judge
• Provoke

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