Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
I come, х heekoo (G2240)] -'I am come' (note Hebrews 10:5). 'Here we have the creed of Jesus: "I am come to I come, х heekoo (G2240)] - 'I am come' (note Hebrews 10:5). 'Here we have the creed of Jesus: "I am come to fulfill the law, Matthew 5:17; to preach, Mark 1:38. to call sinners to repentance, Luke 5:32; to send a sword, and to set men at variance, Matthew 10:34-35; to do the will of him that sent me, John 6:38-39 (Psalms 40:7-8); I am sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matthew 15:24; for judgment, John 9:39; that they might have life, and might have it more abundantly, John 10:10: to seek and to save that which was lost, Matthew 18:11; Luke 19:10: cf. 1 Timothy 1:15; to save men's lives. Luke 9:56; to send fire on the earth, Luke 12:49; to minister, Matthew 20:28; as 'the Light,' John 12:46; to bear witness unto the truth, John 18:37." See, reader, that thy Saviour obtain His aim in thy case. Do thou for thy part say, why thou are come here? Dost thou, also, do the will of God? From what time? in what way?' (Bengel). When the two goats on the day of atonement were presented before the Lord, that goat was to be offered as a sin offering on which the lot of the Lord should fall; that lot was lifted up on high in the high priest's hand, and then laid upon the head of the goat which was to die; so the hand of God determined all that was done to Christ (Acts 4:28). Besides the covenant of God with man through Christ's blood, there was another made by the Father with the Son from eternity. The condition was, "If He shall make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed," etc. (Isaiah 53:10.) The Son accepted it, "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God" (Dr. Pearson). Oblation, intercession, and benediction are His three priestly offices.
In the volume ... - literally, the roll: the parchment manuscript wrapped round a cylinder headed with knobs. Here, the Scripture meant is the 40th Psalm. 'By this very passage "written of me," I undertake to do thy will (to die for the sins of the world, that all who believe may be saved, Hebrews 10:6, by my death).' This is Messiah's written contract (cf. Nehemiah 9:38) to be our surety. So complete is the inspiration of all that is written, so great the authority of the Psalms, that David's words are Christ's words.