What does Hebrews 10:5 mean?

Hebrews 10:5 highlights themes such as incarnation, sacrifice, obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Hebrews 10:5 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

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John 1:14
The Word becoming flesh connects to the idea of God preparing a body for sacrifice.
Romans 12:1
Believers are called to present their bodies as living sacrifices, echoing this teaching.
Hebrews 10:10
This verse speaks of Christ's offering as the fulfillment of God's will.