Matthew 3:3. The Hebrew of Isaiah 40:3 may be rendered, “The voice of one crying, In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord.” The crier himself is not necessarily in the wilderness: the path is to be prepared in the wilderness. Matthew follows the Septuagint in construing “in the wilderness” with “one crying,” and so renders “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord.” Here the cry comes from one who is himself in the wilderness, that is, from John the Baptist, who habitually preached in the wilderness of Judea.
Matthew 12:21. The Hebrew of Isaiah 42:4 reads, “and the isles shall have hope in his law.” Matthew follows the Septuagint interpretation of this, “and the Gentiles shall have hope in his name.”
Matthew 13:14-15. The Hebrew of Isaiah 6:9-10 reads, “Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see...” Matthew follows the Septuagint in changing the first sentence from two commands to the people into a prophetic description of the people, “Ye shall surely hear, but shall not understand; ye shall surely see, but shall not perceive.” He also follows the Septuagint in changing the second sentence from two commands to the prophet into a description of the present condition of the people: “This people’s heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they see...”
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Keywords: Septuagint, Septuagint quotes, Septuagint quotes in the New Testament, Septuagint New Testament, LXX
Bible reference(s): Acts 13:34, Acts 13:41, Acts 15:17, Acts 2:19-20, Acts 2:26, Acts 2:28, Acts 28:26-27, Acts 4:26, Acts 7:14, Acts 7:43, Acts 8:32-33, Amos 5:26, Amos 9:12, Daniel 11:31, Deut 10:20, Deut 6:13, Exodus 1:5, Genesis 46:27, Habakkuk 1:5, Isaiah 10:22-23, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 40:3-5, Isaiah 42:4, Isaiah 52:5, Isaiah 53:7-8, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 6:9-10, Isaiah 61:1-2, Joel 2:30-31, John 1:23, John 12:34, John 12:40, Luke 3:4-6, Luke 3:36, Luke 4:8, Luke 4:11-12, Luke 4:18, Luke 8:10, Mark 1:2, Mark 4:12, Mark 7:6, Matthew 12:21, Matthew 13:14-15, Matthew 15:8-9, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 3:3, Psalms 10:7, Psalms 14:3, Psalms 16:9, Psalm 16:11, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 8:2, Psalms 89:36, Romans 2:24, Romans 3:4, Romans 3:12, Romans 9:28
Source: “Old Testament Quotations,” Bible-Researcher.com.
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