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Hebrews 10:6 — King James Version← Study notes

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.


Hebrews 10:6Greek Interlinear

Greek · Hebrews 10:66 words
GreekMeaning
ὁλοκαυτώματαholokautōmata
Burnt offeringsnounG3646
καὶkai
andwordG2532
περὶperi
offerings forprepositionG4012
ἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sinnounG266
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
εὐδόκησαςeudokēsas
You have delighted inverbG2106
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:6

You see again the superabundance [of his proofs]? This sacrifice (he says) is one; whereas the others were many: therefore they had no strength, because they were many. For, tell me, what need of many, if one had been sufficient? So that their being many, and offered “continually,” proves that they [the worshipers] were never made clean. For as a medicine, when it is powerful and productive of health, and able to remove the disease entirely, effects all after one application;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 17 on Hebrews
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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