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Septuagint · Masoretic
Two witnesses
Where the Greek Scriptures of the apostles differ from the later Hebrew text, and where the New Testament follows the Greek.
The Nazareth proclamationIsaiah 61:1
Masoretic Hebrew
וְלַאֲסוּרִים פְּקַח־קוֹחַ
…and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.
Septuagint Greek
καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν
…and recovery of sight to the blind.
Yeshua reads the Septuagint wording in Nazareth: sight to the blind, which He then performs throughout His ministry.
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They piercedPsalm 22:16
Masoretic Hebrew
כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי
Like a lion, my hands and my feet.
Septuagint Greek
ὤρυξαν χεῖράς μου καὶ πόδας
They pierced my hands and feet. (LXX Psalm 21:17)
The Greek translators, centuries before the cross, read a verb meaning dig or pierce. Some Hebrew manuscripts, including a Dead Sea text, support a verb here.
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The sign of the childIsaiah 7:14
Masoretic Hebrew
הָעַלְמָה הָרָה
The young woman (almah) shall conceive.
Septuagint Greek
ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει
The virgin (parthenos) shall conceive.
Jewish translators chose parthenos long before Yeshua's birth; Matthew quotes this Greek reading.
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Let the angels worship HimDeuteronomy 32:43
Masoretic Hebrew
הַרְנִינוּ גוֹיִם עַמּוֹ
Rejoice, O nations, with His people.
Septuagint Greek
καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι θεοῦ
…and let all the angels of God worship Him.
The longer Greek line, also found in a Dead Sea Hebrew scroll, is quoted in Hebrews of the Son.
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A body preparedPsalm 40:6
Masoretic Hebrew
אָזְנַיִם כָּרִיתָ לִּי
Mine ears hast thou opened.
Septuagint Greek
σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι
A body hast Thou prepared me. (LXX Psalm 39:7)
Hebrews builds the once-for-all offering of the Son on the Septuagint reading; the later Masoretic wording no longer speaks of the prepared body.
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That the rest of mankind may seekAmos 9:12
Masoretic Hebrew
לְמַעַן יִירְשׁוּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית אֱדוֹם
That they may possess the remnant of Edom.
Septuagint Greek
ὅπως ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων
That the rest of men may seek the Lord.
Ya'akov quotes the Greek at the Jerusalem council to show the nations being brought in.
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