Hebrews 10:5
For this reason, coming into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You did not will, and a body You prepared for Me;
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4for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
6in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, You did not delight.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and present You have not desired, || But a body You have prepared for me, || Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked.
Isaiah 1:11“Why the abundance of your sacrifices to Me?” says YHWH, || “I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, || And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, || And I have not desired male goats.
Jeremiah 6:20Why [is] this to Me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, || And the sweet cane from a far-off land, || Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, || And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.”
Amos 5:21“I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Matthew 11:3said to Him, “Are You He who is coming, or do we look for another?”
Luke 7:19and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, “Are You He who is coming, or do we look for another?”
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:2-7
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of… Read the whole commentary →