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Hebrews 10:6

Hebrews 10:6
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin,.... Which were the principal kinds of offerings under the law:

thou hast had no pleasure; not only in comparison of moral duties, or spiritual sacrifices,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure - This is not quoted literally from the Psalm, but the sense is retained. The reading there is, “burnt-offering and sin-offering…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Thou hast had no pleasure - Thou couldst never be pleased with the victims under the law; thou couldst never consider them as atonements for sin; as they could never satisfy thy justice, nor make thy…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 10:1-6

Here the apostle, by the direction of the Spirit of God, sets himself to lay low the Levitical dispensation; for though it was of divine appointment, and very excellent and useful in its time and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

burnt offerings Lit., "Holocausts." The word occurs here alone in the N.T. These "whole burnt offerings" typified absolute self-dedication; but the holocaust without the self-sacrifice was valueless.