Heb 10:5 | Abbott | STEP | When he cometh; when Christ cometh. The quotation extending from this verse to the seventh, is from .— Wouldst not; didst not desire.— But a body, &c. The corresponding expression in the original is, "Mine ears hast thou opened." It stands, however, as the writer has quoted it, in the Septuagint, a Greek version of the Old Testament, which was in common use in Paul's day. The circumstance of the writer's having followed in this, and in many other cases, the translation instead of the original, has given rise to much discussion.

Hebrews 10:5

When he cometh; when Christ cometh. The quotation extending from this verse to the seventh, is from Ps. 40:6-8.—Wouldst not; didst not desire.—But a body, &c. The corresponding expression in the original is, "Mine ears hast thou opened." It stands, however, as the writer has quoted it, in the Septuagint, a Greek version of the Old Testament, which was in common use in Paul's day. The circumstance of the writer's having followed in this, and in many other cases, the translation instead of the original, has given rise to much discussion.