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Advent Season · Fourth Sunday of Advent · Year C

Hebrews 10:5-10

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

December 19, 2027

The Man of Sorrows, Aelbert Bouts
The Man of Sorrows, Aelbert Bouts, c. 1525The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Christ, crowned with thorns and weeping, shows the wounds in his hands against a golden ground.And it is by God’s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Aelbert BoutsA painter of Leuven, son of Dieric Bouts, who made many small devotional images of the suffering Christ.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the largest art museums in the world.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 1:39-45Lk 1:39-45
Second ReadingHeb. 10:5-10Heb 10:5-10
First ReadingMic. 5:1-4aMi 5:1-4a
Responsorial PsalmPs. 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 (4)Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 (4)

Overview & Insights

“We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10)

The Ineffectiveness of the Law The argument of the preceding two chapters is restated in this section (10:1–18), bringing the central argument of the epistle, namely, the imperfection of the old order and the perfection of the new, to a conclusion. The only new material in this section is found in verses 5–10, where the author’s thesis finds further support in his exegesis of Psalm 40:6–8. All the other material is a restatement of earlier points. The entire central section is then effectively rounded out by the requotation of Jeremiah 31:33–34. First, however, the author focuses on the repetitious character of the levitical sacrifices, using this to further his argument by pointing to the intrinsic inadequacy implied by the necessity of repetition.

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Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 10:5-10Commentary on Heb 10:5-10 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary reading of Christ's whole life as an offering of faithful, embodied obedience.

Hebrews 10:5-10 CommentaryHeb 10:5-10 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed commentary on the Son of David taking up the words of Psalm 40 to explain his coming.

Hebrews 10 Commentary: A Perfect and Perpetual SacrificeHeb 10 Commentary: A Perfect and Perpetual Sacrifice Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse notes on the superiority of Christ's once for all sacrifice.

Hebrews 10:5-7 CommentaryHeb 10:5-7 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse by verse study library with word notes on the body prepared for Christ.

Hebrews 10:5 CommentariesHeb 10:5 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators compiled verse by verse on the willing obedience of Christ.

Background & Word Study

Hebrews 10:5 InterlinearHeb 10:5 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text of the passage word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

Book of Hebrews OverviewBook of Heb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of Hebrews and its argument for the superiority of Christ's sacrifice.

The Church Fathers

Hebrews 10 - Catena Bible & CommentariesHeb 10 - Catena Bible & Commentaries Catena

Patristic comments on the once for all sacrifice of Christ's body.

Questions preachers ask

Why is Christ's sacrifice once for all?

Where the old sacrifices were endlessly repeated, Christ offered a single sacrifice for sins and opened a new and living way into God's presence.

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