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 in these sacrifices is a reminder of sins year after year— 4for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. So when Messiah comes into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. 6In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not delight. 7Then I said, ‘Behold, I come to do Your will, O God (in the scroll of the book it is written of Me).’”

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, ‘Behold, I come to do Your will, O God (in the scroll of the book it is written of Me).’”
• Hebrews 1:6And again, when He brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “Let all the angels of God worship Him.”
• Matthew 11:3and said to Yeshua, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
• Luke 7:19John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?”
• Psalms 40:6Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count!
• Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
• Isaiah 1:11“For what is it to Me— the multitude of your sacrifices?” says Adonai. “I am full of burnt offerings of rams and fat of fed animals. I have no delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or he-goats.
• Jeremiah 6:20Of what use to Me is frankincense coming from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to Me.”
• Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your festivals! I take no delight in your sacred assemblies.
• Hebrews 10:10By His will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Messiah Yeshua once for all.
• Hebrews 2:14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same humanity—so that through death He might break the power of the one who had the power of death (that is, the devil)
• Hebrews 8:3For every kohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, so it is necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
• Genesis 3:15I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore Adonai Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive. When she is giving birth to a son, she will call his name Immanuel.
• Jeremiah 31:22Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Yet again will they use this expression in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I will return them from exile: ‘Adonai bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.’
• Matthew 1:20But while he considered these things, behold, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Miriam as your wife, for the Child conceived in her is from the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

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