Psalm 40.6-8 |
qusian kai prosforan ouk hqelhsaV,
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Dio eisercomenoV eiV ton kosmon
legei:
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Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me, I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart |
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me; In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure: Then I said, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God |
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine
ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offerings and sin-
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Comments: The NT author has modified the LXX only slightly in this quotation. The MT omits the thought of the incarnation entirely, replacing “but a body hast thou prepared for me” with “mine ears hast thou opened.” |