Hebrews 10:9

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 I said, ‘I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.) I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ” 8In this passage Christ first said, “You did not want sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin. You did not approve of them.” (These are the sacrifices that Moses’ Teachings require people to offer.) Then Christ says, “I have come to do what you want.” He did away with sacrifices in order to establish the obedience that God wants. 10We have been set apart as holy because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do by sacrificing his body once and for all. 11Every day each priest performed his religious duty. He offered the same type of sacrifice again and again. Yet, these sacrifices could never take away sins.

Hebrews 10:9 word by word

τότε εἴρηκεν· ἰδοὺ ἥκω τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημά σου. ἀναιρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον ἵνα τὸ δεύτερον στήσῃ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• said heἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• I comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
• to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• willὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• O Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• He taketh awayἀναιρέωanaireō · to killG337
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he may establishἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• the secondδεύτεροςdeuteros · secondlyG1208

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:9

• Hebrews 9:11But Christ came as a chief priest of the good things that are now here. Christ went through a better, more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not part of this created world.
• Hebrews 7:18The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.
• Hebrews 8:7If nothing had been wrong with the first promise, no one would look for another one.
• Hebrews 12:27The words once more show clearly that God will change what he has made. These are the things that can be shaken. Then only the things that cannot be shaken will 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

Topics related to Hebrews 10:9

• Atonement
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Law
• Offerings
• Types

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Draw
• Fearful
• High priest
• Judge

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