when] That is, the Sonne of God, being to come, Matthew 11:3. or fore-telling of his coming. into the world] John 16:28. & John 18:37. 1 Timothy 1:5. Understand it of his being made flesh, John 1:14. Or being manifested in the flesh, 1 Timothy 3:16. saith] By David who was a type of him, and unto whom this passage agrees, though not in that exactnesse as it doth unto Christ. Sacrifice] Psal. 40. 6, &c. Though Saint Paul keeps not himselfe unto the expresse words of the Psalmist, yet he retains the substance and matter of them. body] Heb. mine eare hast thou opened, or, digged open. It is a proverbiall manner of speech, whereby there is implied the qualifying, or fitting a man unto obedience in service: the eare, or opening of the eare being an emblem or symboll, or a metaphoricall sign of obedience. See Esa. 50. 5. Job 33:16. Now Saint Paul following the Translation of the Septuagint, and being directed by the Spirit of God, expounds this of Gods sanctifying and fitting a body unto Christ, wherein he was obedient even unto the shamefull death of the Crosse. hast thou prepared me] Or, thou hast sitted me.