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Hebrews 10:7
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 10:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
Context of Hebrews 10:7
5So, 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. Then 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.” ’ 8So think about what Christ said there. First he said to God, ‘You have not wanted gifts and sacrifices of animals. Any kind of sacrifice like that does not make you happy.’ But we know that Moses' rules taught about those sacrifices. God's law said that they were necessary. 9Then Christ said, ‘Here I am. I have come to do what you want.’ In that way, Christ took away the first agreement and its rules about sacrifices. Christ's sacrifice of his own body is the new way that God forgives our sins.
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τότε εἶπον· ἰδοὺ ἥκω, ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ, τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὁ θεός, τὸ θέλημά σου.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- said Iλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- I comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the volumeκεφαλίςkephalis · scrollG2777
- of the bookβιβλίονbiblion · scrollG975
- it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- willὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
- O Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Hebrews 10:7
- Hebrews 10:9Then Christ said, ‘Here I am. I have come to do what you want.’ In that way, Christ took away the first agreement and its rules about sacrifices. Christ's sacrifice of his own body is the new way that God forgives our sins.
- Proverbs 8:31The world that he had made gave me great joy. The people who lived on it made me happy.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, ‘My Father has sent me. I must do the things he wants me to do. I must finish the work that he has given to me to do. That is my food.
- John 5:30Then Jesus said, ‘I can do nothing by myself. I hear what the Father says to me. Then, because of what he says, I judge people. So I judge in a way that is fair. I am not trying to do what I want for myself. The Father sent me, and I want to do what he wants.
- John 6:38I have not come down from heaven to do what I myself choose to do. No, my Father has sent me. I have come to do what he wants me to do.
- 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.’
Commentaries on Hebrews 10:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In the volume of the book - ספר במגלת bimgillath sepher, "in the roll of the book." Anciently, books were written on skins and rolled up. Among the Romans these were called volumina, from volvo, I roll; and the Pentateuch, in the Jewish synagogues, is still written in this way. There are two wooden rollers; on one they roll on, on the other they roll off, as they proceed in reading. The book mentioned here must be the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Then said I - “I the Messiah.” Paul applies this directly to Christ, showing that he regarded the passage in the Psalms as referring to him as the speaker. Lo, I come - Come into the world; Hebrews 10:5. It is not easy to see how this could be applied to David in any circumstance of his life. There was no situation in which he could say that, since sacrifices and offerings were not what was demanded, he came to do the will of God in the place or stead of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7These verses quote Psalm 40:6–8. Psalm 40 is a song praising God, where the writer expresses a wish to follow God's will. The author of Hebrews sees Christ as the one speaking.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I come--rather, "I am come" (see on He 10:5). "Here we have the creed, as it were, of Jesus: 'I am come to fulfil the law,' Mt 5:17; to preach, Mr 1:38; to call sinners to repentance, Lu 5:32; to send a sword and to set men at variance, Mt 10:34, 35; I came down from heaven to do the will of Him that sent me, Joh 6:38, 39 (so here, Psa 40:7, 8); I am sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Mt 15:24; I am come into this world for judgment, Joh…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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