Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 10:7
In the volume of the book — In this very psalm it is written of me. Accordingly I come to do thy will — By the sacrifice of myself.
In the volume of the book — In this very psalm it is written of me. Accordingly I come to do thy will — By the sacrifice of myself.
Verse Hebrews 10:7. _IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK_] במגלת ספר _bimgillath_ _sepher_, "in the _roll_ of the book." Anciently, books were written on skins and rolled up. Among the Romans these were called...
THEN 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...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The all-sufficiency of the one offering (Hebrews 10:1)_ 2. Exhortations (Hebrews 10:19) 3. Warning (Hebrews 10:26) 4. Encouragements ...
In this closing part of the theological discussion the writer dwells further on the finality of Christ's one sacrifice, and shows how it has brought to an end the annually repeated offerings under the...
THE ONLY TRUE SACRIFICE (Hebrews 10:1-10)...
Because the law is only a pale shadow of the blessings which are to come and not a real image of these things, it can never really fit for the fellowship of God those who seek to draw near to his pres...
LO. Behold. Greek. _idou._ App-133. COME. am come. VOLUME. Greek. _kephalis._ Only here. Used in the Septuagint of. roll. Psalms 40:7; Ezra 6:2. &c. From the head (Greek. _kephale)_ of the wooden ro...
_Lo, I come_ Rather, "I am come." This 40th Psalm is one of the special Psalms for Good Friday. _in the volume of the book_ The word _kephalis_, here rendered volume, does not occur elsewhere in the N...
THE ONE SACRIFICE AND THE MANY SACRIFICES...
CH. 10. The first eighteen verses of this chapter are a summary, rich with fresh thoughts and illustrations, of the topics on which he has been dwelling; namely (1) The one sacrifice of Christ compare...
ἸΔΟῪ ἭΚΩ. “_I am come_.” This 40th Psalm is one of the special Psalms for Good Friday. ἘΚ ΚΕΦΑΛΊΔΙ ΒΙΒΛΊΟΥ. The word κεφαλίς, here rendered _volume_, does not occur elsewhere in the N. T. It means the...
_THE PURPOSE AND THE WILL OF GOD -- HEBREWS 10:1-10:_ The law, with all its ceremonies and sacrifices, was only a shadow or type of what was to come under the gospel dispensation. The legal sacrifices...
ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΙΔΟΎ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ ! (G2400) видеть. Здесь в значений: "вот!" "смотри!" ΉΚ _praes. ind. act._ (G2240) Этот гл. имеет перфектное значение:...
DISCOURSE: 2309 CHRIST SUPERSEDING THE LEGAL SACRIFICES Hebrews 10:5. When he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt-offe...
IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK— That is, _in the Pentateuch._ The apostle argues so plainly from this text, that it proves the psalm to which he refers, to be a literal prophesyof the Messiah: and conseque...
_The efficacious and final sacrifice of Christ. Hebrews 10:5-10_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 10:5-10 Hebrews 10:5 Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wo
THE DIVINE INCARNATION (Hebrews 10:5-7) In the first four verses of our present chapter the apostle was moved to press upon the Hebrews the insufficiency of the Levitical sacrifices to bring about th...
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. I COME, [ heekoo (G2240)] -'I am come' (note Hebrews 10:5). 'Here we have the creed of Jesus: "I am c...
7 So Christ "offers Himself flawless to God", not at the cross, but on coming into the world, as the Israelite presented his sacrifice at the door of the tabernacle (Heb_9:14; Lev_1:1-5). 11 The great...
10:7 roll (b-9) Or perhaps 'chapter,' to which a heading or summary was attached. Some take it as the summary or contents of the chapter or volume, written on the 'head' of the roll....
SACRIFICE COMPLETE IN THE FULFILMENT OF GOD'S WILL. THE OPEN WAY TO GOD Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by thei...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 A NEW *SACRIFICE AND WAY TO LIFE 10:1-39 THE LAW WAS A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME 10:1-4 V1 The law of Moses provides only a poor copy...
LO, I COME. — Rather, _Lo, I am come_ — I am here. The original meaning of the following words is not quite certain. The Hebrew admits of two renderings. (1) Then I said, Lo, I am come! in the roll of...
The adequacy of Christ's sacrifice as fulfilling God's will. διὸ “wherefore,” “such being the ineffectiveness of the sacrifices of the law and the condition of conscience of those under them,” “when H...
_Finality of Christ's one sacrifice_. The law merely presents a shadow of the essential spiritual blessings and does not perfect those who seek God through it. Its sacrifices therefore must be continu...
“LO, I COME TO DO THY WILL” Hebrews 10:1 When a heavenly body is in eclipse it can be examined with even greater precision than when the astronomer's eye is directed toward its burning glory; so in L...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the fo...
CHRIST, THE BETTER SACRIFICE Since Christ, the better sacrifice, was needed to cleanse man, He came into the world saying the words of Psalms 49:6-8. David recognized burnt offerings did not fulfill h...
Therefore, Christ as it were, coming into the world, he saith, by the psalmist, (Psalm xxxix. 7. 8.) Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire, &c. That is, such sacrifices as were offered in the f...
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] In capite libri, _Greek: en kephalidi bibliou. The Greek and Latin seems to signify no more than in the volume, or book itself; Greek: kephalis, says Suidas, Greek: oper tinos eilema,...
(5) Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: (6) In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasu...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_THE ADVENT AND THE PRESENCE_ ‘Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God.’ Hebrews 10:7 The Greek word which we have translated ‘I come,’ is mor...
7._In the volume or chapter of the book, etc. Volume _is properly the meaning of the Hebrew word; for we know that books were formerly rolled up in the form of a cylinder. There is also nothing unreas...
In Chapter 10 this principle is applied to the sacrifice. Its repetition proved that sin was there. That the sacrifice of Christ was only offered once, was the demonstration of its eternal efficacy. H...
THEN SAID I, LO, I COME,.... Christ observing that legal sacrifices were not acceptable to God; that there was a body prepared for him; and that it was written of him in the book of God, that he shoul...
The provision that God made to supply the defect and insufficiency of legal sacrifices, as unto the expiation of sin, peace of conscience with himself, and the sanctification of the souls of the worsh...
Hebrews 10:6. “In burnt-offerings and [_sacrifices_] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.” 1. The rejecti...
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Ver. 7. _Lo, I come_] As an obedient servant bored through the ear, Exodus 21:6; Psalms 40:6,7, wise an...
HEB. 10:7. THEN SAID I, LO, I COME (IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO THY WILL, O GOD. _ Blank Bible: _ "The meaning of this and how these words with those in the two preceding v...
_Wherefore_ As if he had said, Because the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sins, therefore Christ offered himself as a sacrifice to do it. _When he cometh into the world_ That is, when th...
THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK; the Scriptures, which foretold the coming of Christ....
The willing sacrifice of Christ:...
THEN SAID I, LO, I COME (IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO THY WILL, O GOD....
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and as...
1-10 The apostle having shown that the tabernacle, and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai, were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the sacrifices the high priests offered continual...
OLBGrk;OLBHeb; THEN SAID I, LO, I COME: when the Father declared the sacrifices of beasts and birds would not please him, nor be accepted for expiating sins, then I said, I appeared in person, and dec...
Hebrews 10:7 Then G5119 said G2036 (G5627) Behold G2400 (G5628) come G2240 In G1722 volume G2777 book...
‘ “Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, O God.” ' And recognising that it was written in the Scriptures that God required the offering up of His ow...
THE ONCE-FOR-ALL NATURE OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE FOR US IN THE BODY (HEBREWS 10:5)....
Hebrews 10:7. THEN SAID I, LO, I AM COME (IN THE VOLUME OR ROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) the book of the ancient Law from Moses downwards (see Acts 3:18; 1 Peter 1:11) TO DO THY WILL, O GOD. T...
Hebrews 10:1-18. We now reach the conclusion of the argument, which is also in part a repetition. Christ's offering of Himself, as contrasted with the yearly offerings of the Law, is the completion of...
THEN (τοτε). When it was plain that God could not be propitiated by such sacrifices.LO, I AM COME (Ιδου ηκω). The Messiah is represented as offering himself to do God's will (του ποιησα το θελημα...
Hebrews 10:7 I. The election of God is that ocean of love which surrounds our earthly Christian life as an island, and which we can never lose out of sight for any length of time. Is it not our ultima...
Hebrews 10:7 I. The life of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most beautiful life that has ever been lived in the world. All sorts of beauty were bright in Him. The beauty of virtue, the beauty of godlines...
Hebrews 10:5 Our Perfection. I. Perfection is now given to all who believe God Himself is our salvation. Jehovah Himself is our righteousness. Christ's inheritance is our inheritance. The source is e...
Hebrews 10:1 Lo, I come. I. None but the Son of God could offer unto the Father a sacrifice to please Him, and to reconcile us unto Him in a perfect manner. The burnt-offerings and sin-offerings were...
Hebrews 10:1. _For the law_ The old ceremonial law of Moses, Hebrews 10:1. _Having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they o...
Hebrews 10:1. _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 the...
Hebrews 10:1. _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 the...
Hebrews 10:1. _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 the...
CONTENTS: Law only a shadow of things to come. Through Christ a way made into the Holiest for all believers. Warning to the Hebrews who were wavering between Jewish sacrifices and Christ's finished wo...
Hebrews 10:1. _The law having a shadow of good things to come._ St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the suppo...
THEN I SAID. The Psalmist shows Christ as a volunteer who comes of his own free will to do what God wants him to do! Compare John 10:17-18. JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN. The Old Testament itself was full of...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:5 The quotation is from Psalms 40:6, a psalm applied here to the Messiah. David and the other OT authors knew that God desired faithful hearts and lives, not mere performanc...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 10:1 In contrast to the repeated OT sacrifices, Jesus came in order to eternally sanctify his people through offering himself as a sacrifice once for all. ⇐
CHRIST’S ONE SACRIFICE IS ALTOGETHER SUFFICIENT _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first eighteen verses of this chapter are in the nature of a summary of what has already been presented, with some...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 10:1 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD....
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very substance of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perf...
Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 10:10; Hebrews 10:9; John 4:34; John 5:30;...
In the volume of the book [ε ν κ ε φ α λ ι δ ι β ι β λ ι ο υ]. Kefaliv, N. T. o, is a diminutive, meaning little head. Lat. capitellum or capitulum. The extremity or end, as the capital of a column. S...
How can we explain the distorted quotation of Psalms 40? PROBLEM: Psalms 40:6 cites the Messiah as saying “My ears You have opened,” but the writer of Hebrews quotes it as “a body You have prepared f...