Robertson Word Pictures - Hebrews 10:5 - 10:5

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Robertson Word Pictures - Hebrews 10:5 - 10:5


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When he cometh into the world (eiserchomenos eis ton kosmon). Reference to the Incarnation of Christ who is represented as quoting Psa 40:7-9 which is quoted. The text of the lxx is followed in the main which differs from the Hebrew chiefly in having sōma (body) rather than ōtia (ears). The lxx translation has not altered the sense of the Psalm, “that there was a sacrifice which answered to the will of God as no animal sacrifice could” (Moffatt). So the writer of Hebrews “argues that the Son’s offering of himself is the true and final offering for sin, because it is the sacrifice, which, according to prophecy, God desired to be made” (Davidson).

A body didst thou prepare for me (sōma katērtisō moi). First aorist middle indicative second person singular of katartizō, to make ready, equip. Using sōma (body) for ōtia (ears) does not change the sense, for the ears were the point of contact with God’s will.