“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, 'Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me' — the citation of Psalm 40:6-8 (in the LXX version) becomes Christ's own statement in his incarnational entry. Desired (ēthēlēsas) indicates preference: God chose not animal sacrifice but embodied obedience. Prepared a body (sōma katērtisō) emphasizes the incarnation as the precondition for the sacrifice that alone avails.
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