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 Leviticus we can discover details of our Lord's atonement otherwise overlooked. This is notably the case in Leviticus 1:1-17; Leviticus 2:1-16; Leviticus 3:1-17; Leviticus 4:1-35.
The keywords of this chapter are year by year and day by day as contrasted with continually and forever. Repetition means imperfection. The ancient offerers of sacrifice could never be sure that they were finally accepted. Each year they had to go over the odd ground. How different from us, who have heard Jesus say, "It is finished"!
The spirit of inspiration offers to us the secret of our Savior's work in His voluntary identification with the divine purposes. It was not so much His outward anguish and blood-shedding that made reconciliation possible, as His cry, "Not my will, my Father, but thine." His attitude reminds us of the ancient custom of boring fast to the door the ear of the servant, who desired never again to leave His master's service. "Mine ears hast thou bored." See Psalms 40:6, margin. [source]
Chapter Summary: Hebrews 10
1The weakness of the law sacrifices 10The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered, 14for ever has taken away sins 19An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving
Greek Commentary for Hebrews 10:6
Thou hadst no pleasure [ουκ ευδοκησας] First aorist active indicative of ευδοκεω eudokeō common for God‘s good pleasure (Matthew 3:17). God took no pleasure in the animal offering (τυσιαν thusian), the meal-offering (προσποραν prosphoran), the burnt-offering (ολοκαυτωματα holokautōmata), the sin-offering (περι αμαρτιας peri hamartias concerning sin). [source]
Burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin [ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας] The burnt-offering and the sin-offering. [source]
Greek Commentary for Hebrews 10:6
First aorist active indicative of ευδοκεω eudokeō common for God‘s good pleasure (Matthew 3:17). God took no pleasure in the animal offering (τυσιαν thusian), the meal-offering (προσποραν prosphoran), the burnt-offering (ολοκαυτωματα holokautōmata), the sin-offering (περι αμαρτιας peri hamartias concerning sin). [source]
The burnt-offering and the sin-offering. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 10:6
Christ speaking as in Hebrews 10:5. “Higher up” (ανωτερον anōteron comparative of ανω anō up) refers to Hebrews 10:5, Hebrews 10:6 which are quoted again. [source]