Questions tagged [nt-use-of-hebrew-bible]
Questions concerning how authors and speakers in the New Testament books quote or use parts of the Hebrew Bible.
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Does Acts quote a mistranslation of the Hebrew bible in support of a doctrine?
Acts 15 quotes Amos 9 in order to settle a debate about preaching the Christian gospel to non-Jews:
I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen;
from its ruins I will rebuild it, and I ...
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Why did the New Testament writers, when quoting the Old Testament, refrain from using the Tetragrammaton (YHWH)?
The New Testament writers often quote the Old Testament. When quoting the Old Testament passages that contain the Name (i.e., the Tetragrammaton), they use the substitution Greek word typically found ...
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In Matthew 27:46, was Jesus fulfilling, quoting and/or citing Psalm 22?
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” - Matthew 27:46 (NASB)
This morning, I was ...
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Why does the author of Hebrews render their quotation of Jeremiah 31:33 differently in two places?
The book of Hebrews uses the Hebrew Bible as support for its arguments many times. The author cites Jeremiah 31:33 in two different places and chooses to render the verse curiously differently each ...
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What is the connection between the slaughter of the innocents and Jeremiah 31:15?
The gospel of Matthew is known for creative usage of the Hebrew Bible and finds numerous fulfillments of prophecy in Jesus’s life. Matthew’s fourth fulfillment citation occurs after the slaughter of ...
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Why God sent Isaiah to make people dull, deaf and blind lest they turn back and be healed?
I was surprised when in Isa 6:9-10, following the often cited passage about Isaiah's famous vision in Isa 6:1-4, his purification with coal in Isa 6:5--7, and Isaiah's famous offer in Isa 6:8 ...
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Hebrews 13:5 quotes God saying he would never leave nor forsake us. Where is the original quote?
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with
such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5, KJV)
The text indicates that God ...
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Mt 4:10, Lc 4:8 and Dt 6:13, 10:20 : from where did Jesus take this "only" in "him only shalt thou serve"?
I searched in the LXX, OT massoretic text but I didn't find one place where we have a such "only" equivalent in scripture, yet J.C seems to cite it as a scripture !
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Why does Jesus quote Zechariah 13:7?
In Matthew 26:31, Jesus says this:
“Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be ...
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Hebrews 10:5-7 - distorted quotation? [duplicate]
Hebrews 10:5-7 contains a quotation from Psalm 40 from the Septuagint that greatly varies from Masoretic version that is present in our bibles today:
“So when he came into the world, he said, “...
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Is Jesus called YHWH in Joel 2:32/Romans 10:13?
In Romans 10, Paul is discussing the Lord Jesus, and in verse 13, he writes (NKJV, emphasis mine):
For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
The reason "LORD" is ...
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Why did Jesus say "in their law" (ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν) in John 15:25?
Jesus referred to his quote from Psalm 35:19 as "written in their Law" (ὁ ⸂ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτῶν γεγραμμένος, NA28). Why did Jesus refer to the scriptures as their law instead of God's.
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Does Matthew 4:10 teach that only YHWH/Jehovah can be worshiped?
In Matthew 4, Satan shows Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory" (NKJV) and says that he'll give it all to Jesus if He would worship him (vv. 8-9). Jesus rejects this, saying, ...
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What is the reason behind the variations of quoting Deut 6:5 in Matt 22:37, Mark 12:30, and Luke 10:27? [duplicate]
In Deut 6:5 we read (ESV):
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
But in Matt 22:37 we read (ESV):
And he said to him, “You shall love ...
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Is Revelation 13:4 an allusion to Job 40:19b?
[Job 40:19 NLT] (19) It [Behemoth] is a prime example of God's handiwork, and only its Creator can threaten it.
[Rev 13:4 NET] (4) they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to ...
