scribes, and elders" (cf. toward eschatological judgment. But the implicit association of Gehenna with They are accepting the rot and theories of men like those of the Jesus Seminar. This stance is an attempt to safeguard the sacred name movement insistence that ever person is obligated to call God by the name Yahweh. Or will we do as sacred name teachers do forge ahead, going where Jesus himself did not go? Nor did he attempt to bring into his Greek epistles any transliteration of the Tetragrammaton. is significant here is that NONE of the books within the "apocryphal [hagnismon] for your souls. - Christian Publishing House Blog Jesus was likely fluent in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. (Deuteronomy 8:3). quotation of Ps 8:3 (ET 8:2) in Matt 21:16 follows the Septuagint. Mr 10:7 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, Mr 10:19 You know the commandments: Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.. (the good way), and find rest (nirgw`] for your souls"; and not to the Go to top A quotation is a word-for-word citation of the original source, often preceded by "it is written" or "saying". Several examples from each category will As a well-taught Jewish boy in the first century, He would have gone through the normal Torah instruction all boys His age did. The 15 Two Closing Observations Having said this, we can make two closing points. people, children of Israel, as our Father is merciful in heaven, so shall you So that no mistake should be made about what Jesus did here, please note the underlined words in the quotation. The fact there was no such mention made shows Jesus did not depart from the normally accepted way of reading the name. "The Septuagint (LXX) was the Bible of Jesus and the apostles. They can bolster this belief with arguments like: Jesus said he said the name Yahweh to his followers and Scripture does not lie.25 No, the Scriptures do not lie. The will find rest [anapausin] for your souls." Torrey was an argumentative man and thought of his arguments as evidence. Furthermore, he took his name from the people and from the temple. Ps 118:22: "The son which the builders rejected. The world in general and the sacred name teacher in particular will remain silent before it. . (v. 10), and then heal the paralyzed man. 191-194, 2002). Mr 14:27 And Jesus said to them, You will all fall away, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.. It is hoped that such nuances of distinction are not altogether lost on every sacred name advocate. It does not the second destruction, but without reference to either Isa 5 or Mark 12. What is the essence of making a thin smear? saying on Gehenna (Mark 9:47-48), where he quotes part of Isa 66:24, again And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength., Mr 12:31 The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these., Mr 12:33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices., Mr 12:36 David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet., Mr 13:5 And Jesus began to say to them, See that no one leads you astray. are also never quoted in the New Testament, and we all accept them as 12), He tells His disciples plainly that the temple is going to be destroyed (13: 1-2). Never confuse USE with INTERPRETATION authors do many things with texts. But this Luke 6:15. is not significant that these books: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jesus quotes of the Old Testament Newer version of Jesus Quotes Here! The criterion of dissimilarity argues Conversely, Isaiah speaks of "binding up the brokenhearted," a phrase absent in Luke. possibly because second generation Christians were unaware of the original Deut 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name. Sacred name teachers also have problems with other texts of the New Testament. 5. Thoughts on ethics, society, politics, religion, philosophy, theology, and everything in between. They say it was because Jesus said the name Yahweh that these rebels wanted to kill Jesus. Understandably, the scribes regard it as blasphemous for a man to do this, for Who can forgive sins but God alone? (v. 7). Jesus Quotes the Old Testament As he taught the people, Jesus often quoted from the Old Testament. Lev19:12 A paraphrase, not a quote at all. Jesus criticizes Israel, especially its temple leadership, for failing to live according to Gods intention that people of every nation be invited and welcomed to worship the LORD as part of His covenant people. [1]The exception to this is Mark 4:35-41, where Jesus calms a storm, prompting the disciples to ask, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? The answer, of course, is the Continue reading jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_339_2_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_339_2_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); Actually, Mark communicates the idea that Jesus is God from the very beginning of his Gospel, when he applies this Old Testament citation to John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus: Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way. Now, Jesus (and by extension, the church, the body of Christ) is the true temple where Gods presence dwells. Therefore, sacred name teachers muster their courage and hastily deny that the New Testament as we have it is the Word of God. He suffered and died at their hands, but was vindicated when God raised Him from the dead and exalted Him as Lord of all, and then vindicated again when His prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple was fulfilled. Others, as they read, will disregard the words written by the apostles of Jesus and voice their own words. But Isaiah's parable was directed against the <-Again, conflicting times/language anachronism: whereas all OT scriptures recovered and recorded pre-NT are in Hebrew, the Apocryphal books and this book of Enoch are in a somewhat contemporary language. Simply reading and believing the New Testament will bring enlightenment to all who desire to learn the truth on these matters. They cannot tell how it was done. The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. When Jesus cited this prophecy of Jeremiah in His own critique of the Jewish temple leaders, He was implying that the same fate would befall the second temple. All the textual evidence, the Aramaic, the Hebrew, and the Greek, is against the sacred name teaching. This practice demands the first vowel of the original name be A, as in YAhshua. j, k; AB, NT, pp. If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? After that no one was able to ask him anything. He said Pauls writings as well as most of the writings of Luke were originally Greek. They are quite able to walk on eggs while denying the New Covenant scriptures, but they are not able to obscure what is written. in a way significantly different from the way it appears to be understood in Luke 16:15 Jesus asserts that "what is exalted among humans is an distinctive reading found in Targwn Pseudo-Jonathan Lev 22:28, "My and it be The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. Luke records an occasion when Jesus commented on what Moses wrote about his encounter with God at the burning bush. Certainly there are a number of others. If Clover could have cited a single verse from any New Testament text, be it Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, Coptic, or some other language, in which Jesus actually says the Tetragrammaton in these quotations, he would have offered it without hesitation. Scofield did not say or even hint that Jesus said the name Yahweh. It is amazing to find that not a single one of his references say what sacred name teachers need them to say, namely that Jesus spoke the name Yahweh. 4:8-10 and Luke 4:5-8) And during this last test, Jesus once again takes a command from the Torah and holds it up against Satan's temptation. However, because of the wickedness of his people, God destroyed the temple. Besides this, his arguments are convoluted and therefore, his conclusions were skewed. The doctrine based upon this claim is a we-have-no-evidence-but-we-know-he-said-it doctrine. They cannot tell when it happened. But, Jesus replaced it with the word God as he quoted. His abbreviations are SRB - The Scofield Reference Bible; AB NT - The Amplified Bible, New Testament; and NJB - The New Jerusalem Bible. They should further realize that the pattern laid down by Jesus is the one his true disciples will continue to follow. They are forced to confess that indeed they believe it is an invalid book. you who kindle a fire, who grasp a sword! But, how can they overlook the fact they themselves put the name Yahweh into these bibles? Jesus obviously had read Genesis 1 and 2 because He's quoting it. Unfortunately, the Hebrew version says something different from the Greek. Luke being a meticulous writer, without doubt thoroughly investigated this incident and then wrote under the direction of the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah warns the Israelites not to take Gods presence among them in the temple for granted or think that worship alone without righteousness and justice will guarantee the LORDs blessing on them. Isaiah 29:13, in the Hebrew reads "their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote," whereas the Greek version - and the . Matthew 4:1-11 records the battle between Christ and Satan in the wilderness. " Because Jesus is the Word, this must be a reference to the preincarnate Christ speaking to Moses. Besides, during the time Jesus lived people were not as concerned as people are today with making word for word quotations. The examples that are chosen are the most obvious, Then, Daniel sees One like a Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven. There are other instances of thematic and exegetical coherence Matt 11:5 = Luke 7:22 agree in places with the Septuagint. Next, let us examine the citation from Malachi. However, that is the most restrictive way of counting references. 2. The written Word is only obscured for those who are inclined to read and believe the doctrinally biased sacred name revisions of the Scriptures. Jesus (John 3:34). These promises are only to be understood from the Old Testament. appear so, for his usage of scripture is allusive, paraphrastic, and-so far like all the Jews of the first century, divided the Old Testament into 1:23 / Isaiah 7:14 - behold, a "virgin" shall conceive. Sacred name teachers and their converts are faced with the truth that their doctrine cannot be found in the Bible. It was his intention that we follow his example. Curiously, both of these elements are found in Sir 48:10, in They set verbal traps to ensnare him. A review of some of these quotations will demonstrate whether the sacred name doctrinal claims are true. When Jesus read from Isaiah, if he was reading from a text similar to the one in existence today, he encountered YHWH three times. The saying alludes to Jer The Spirit of the Lord [a]is upon me, because [b]he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of [c]the Lord. These are the words that this Jewish rendering of the text puts for the Tetragrammaton. paraphrase of Isa 6:9-10 in Mark 4:12 concludes with " . . Even the problematic quotation of Ps 118:22-23 may receive some What Jesus doesnt say in this instance has a good deal of significance. In the quotation, Jesus says Moses called the Creator God. versions against others. In no text of the New Testament, not even the Hebrew and Aramaic ones, does Jesus ever speak the name Yahweh. The Old Testament was historical. (Luke 4:18-19). For example, Micah 5:2-4 indicates where the Messiah was to be born Bethlehem. Real Bible exegesis is done the other way around. By identifying Himself as the Son of Man, Jesus was casting them in the role of the wicked rulers who will be judged and destroyed by God. the better known Greek version, since it was used by Christians for No seeker of truth would attempt to find errors in the New Testament based on what a particular doctrine says. Both THIS is supposed to PROVE the New Testament is in error. Lev. He sometimes quoted it when the Jewish sects and leaders accosted him. 5:18). of Matthew, it has a total of 28 chapters in it, this gospel is city, kingdom against kingdom"; the Septuagint, in contrast, reads: As we know, there are a number of appearances of Christ (theophanies) in the Old Testament. The new covenant is established and dedicated by the blood of Jesus.10 Forgiveness of sins comes through the blood of the crucified Savior11 and is only obtainable through His name.12, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: (Jeremiah 31:31), God, by the mouth of His angel, has given the new name.13 In English, that new name is Jesus. ", Finally, Text of Scripture? Also remember that Jesus was since the beginning of creation. Mark attributes this citation to Isaiah, but in fact it is a combination of two citations, the first one from Malachi 3:1, and the second one from Isaiah 40:3. The They attempt to solve this problem by asserting that the true reading was removed. Law and also the Prophets wroteJesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Their lamentation over this lack is especially poignant regarding Hebrew translations of the New Testament. Honestly I don't think it will make a difference to this person as he's all over the map, but I'm curious now. He will suffer for a time under wicked rulers, but will then be vindicated and exalted by God. Of course, Jesus Himself identified John the Baptist, His forerunner, as the Elijah who would come before the Day of the LORD (Mark 9:11-13; Matt 11:7-14). Below is a list of occasions when Jesus quotes from the Old Testament writings. Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. other books within the same collection were quoted, this shows them too He was a perfect human with a perfect mind, after all. contrast to Hebrew Isaiah, it seems to be looking beyond temporal punishment textual tradition that now, thanks to the Scrolls, is more fully documented. It's important to note that not all of these quotes are direct citations or exact copies. near; repent, and believe in the good news" (Mark 1:15). But because of the wickedness and rebellion of his people, he destroyed Shiloh and removed his name from that place. the Septuagint read "heal." Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. On one occasion, Jesus was asked a question on the law regarding divorce. first destruction is referred to, but with-out any apparent allusion to Isa "nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." He did not write the vowel-less name in Hebrew characters. He fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about Himself. But, he cannot have both the New Testament and his doctrine. Sometimes He is referencing or paraphrasing the concept (similar words) that is found in our Old Testament. However, he goes on to warn that the LORD will return to His temple in judgment: But who can endure the day of His coming? By Antonia Leonard May 31, 2022. Jesus quoted the writings of Moses. Imperishability "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished," (NASB, Matt. The Prophets. In the Hebrew text of Isaiah, the verses Jesus read have the Tetragrammaton three times. Jesus quotes from the Old Testament are not only found in the New Testament but also in the Old Testament. Mark 13:8 Jesus warns his disciples that in the tribulation that lies ahead As it turned out, Jesuss words were fulfilled. (Psalms 110:1). The close connection between the Old and New Testament is shown by the number of times the Old Testament is quoted in the New Testament. The Hebrew and But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. The Return of the LORD to Mount Zion The Gospel of Mark does teach that Jesus is God. Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! Finally [c], Jesus simply voices the commonly accepted first century Jewish reference to the Creator, replacing the Tetragrammaton with the Lord. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. Luke tells us that "beginning with Moses and all the Prophets," Jesus "interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:27). 5.6.3 272). identification of John the Baptist as Elijah who "restores" The other is the leader of a well known know sacred name group. It is clear that if Jesus did not say the name Yahweh as he read these verses, the sacred name doctrine, indeed the whole sacred name movement, has no basis for its existence. by Geisler and Nix, page 254). Nothing can mollify their denial of the Scriptures. They did not play to what their audiences likely expected. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. He gives research references that have not one word to say about his point. scrolls of the Dead Sea region, we now know that there were Hebrew Vorlagen which the returning Elijah is expected "to turn [Septuagint: Mr 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. The Isaiah Targum has significantly Instead of denying what Jesus did, sacred name teachers should accept the fact that he did not read the name Yahweh at this synagogue. When His disciples ask for details, Jesus tells them at length of the coming time of tribulation, which will involve their persecution and the eventual destruction of the temple. The low esteem sacred name teachers have for the New Testament is especially repugnant to all New Covenant believers. By identifying John the Baptist, the one who prepared the way for Jesus, as the one preparing the way for the LORD, Mark clearly indicates that Jesus is the LORD in person. None is above it.15 Salvation is in no other.16. of your God is revealed"' (Tg. Back translation signifies little toward providing evidence of an Aramaic original of the Gospels. Sacred name teachers are silent about the details of this imagined event. Only the Isaiah Targum reads this way. According to the bible the first gospel found i it is the Gospel And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. Mark's use of the Old Testament, however, reveals a Christology that is "enigmatic and paradoxical" (Strauss 2014, 734), full of the reality of Jesus' humanity and yet pointing to his divinity. In That is to say, they recognize that every word of Scripture is "God-breathed" (2 Tim 3:16-17). He was aware of what they were. The New Testament as a whole quotes from 34 books of the Old Testament Books. Then Jesus asked the Pharisees a question about the Christ. Luke recorded Jesus words precisely as he read them. Just as he gave his name to his people forever, he put his name in the temple at Jerusalem forever. Torreys position is more in line with the apostles. The quotation was assimilated to inspired.". The Old Testament "Evidence" . Such is the concept adopted by those who are willing to accept the sacred name doctrine. Jesus frequently quotes Scripture from our Old Testament. 3:3; Mark 1:3; John 1:23 / Isaiah 40:3 - make "His paths straight." There is, of course, much more that could be said about Marks Christology and Marks use of the Old Testament. Not a single one having the Tetragrammaton exists today. [ a] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'[ b] 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[ c] There is no commandment greater . restore [Septuagint: katastesai; Hebrew: lhkyn] the tribes of Jacob." Quite pointedly, they deny the words of the New Testament. Will we follow his footsteps in the matter of making no attempt to vocalize the guessed at pronunciation Yahweh or any of its variations? 13-14). In the second [b], he replaces the Tetragrammaton with the pronoun he. The name Jesus as we know it, does not appear in old testament. the Septuagint against the proto-Masoretic Hebrew. John 10:34. Jesus then declares, Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves (v. 17). Of course, the sacred name teachers are not able to name one person in history who removed the name Yahweh from a single manuscript copy of the New Testament. Aramaic tradition, which arose in the synagogue and eventually assumed it replaced the sacred name with traditional substitutions like ha-shem (the name), adonai, and eloahim. Jesus did not speak the name Yahweh. The New Testament witnesses to the fact that Jesus of Nazareth is the One in whom and through whom all the promises of God find their fulfillment. Jesus followed the quotation with another question for his antagonists. They reject the inspiration of the New Testament just as the sacred name teachers do. The movements reworked versions of the scriptures, all eight or nine of them, have put the name Yahweh or some other version of the Tetragrammaton in the mouth of Jesus as he read from Isaiah. Remission of sins comes through His name.14 This is the greatest name ever given. Other instances of Jesus referencing Genesis in the Gospels are: Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25 mankind is in the image of God. This presents a major problem for sacred name teachers. (Isaiah 62:2), Furthermore, Jeremiah foretold that God would establish a new covenant. Finally, Perhaps most important of all is Jesus' proclamation of the Luke 16:16, d. Philip Notice how Jesus did not exactly quote the words of Moses. Any serious study of the sacred name doctrine comes down to consideration of the authority of the New Testament. The other Bibles Clover refers to do not have Yahweh in the text of Matthew 22. Craig A. Evans, The Scriptures of Jesus and His Earliest Followers, p 191-194, that the parable had been told "against them" and not against the The movements teachers conjecture that he would have and that he had to have said the name Yahweh. Jesus' Mark 11:27), who evidently readily perceived the proto-Masoretic text against the Septuagint. The The race is not given to the swift but to those that endure to the end. Can anything be plainer? . I will bring them to My holy mountain and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Most New Testament quotations are taken from it directly." (A General Introduction to the Bible . apologetic and christological purposes (cf. Jesus consistently passed up every opportunity to make mention of this name. R. Clover, voices the opinion of the entire sacred name movement when he deals with Jesus quotation of Psalms 110:1 recorded in Matthew 22:44. Below, we list many references to the Hebrew Bible that Yeshua spoke in the gospels. Skeptic Objection #1: The Gospel writers deliberately crafted their biographies of Jesus to make Jesus appear to fulfill Old Testament prophecy. We have the same from the pen of all three gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, and Luke -- three witnesses. The Old Testament is Inspired Historically, Christians have affirmed the verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible. because they were part of "collections" of Old Testament books. It urges readers to humble themselves before "the Holy One of Israel.". The weight of the evidence is that Jesus did not speak the Tetragrammaton when he quoted the Old Testament. Jesus holds Creation together Miracles of Jesus Parables of Jesus Home References Copyright 2010 Steve Clark www.BiblePgs.com Home Here is Mark's use of the Old Testament in his gospel. [Editor's note: Jesus' quote appears to be from the Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament rather than the Hebrew Masoretic text used in the KJV. Compare this with the writing in Deuteronomy. He avoided saying it. 1:23. Some sacred name people will not even allow the English word God or its Hebrew equivalent, Elohim, to be a part of their vocabulary. Jesus knew the Old Testament well and often quoted from it. These men are willing to sink right along with their ship. may be the work of the evangelist. Mr 7:6-7 And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, Mr 7:10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die., Mr 9:11 And they asked him, Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?. As he taught the people, Jesus often quoted from the Old Testament. "altar" (cf. Jesus is made to quote the Greek Septuagint version of Isaiah in order to score his debate point. Mark thus applies two Old Testament prophecies about the return of the presence of the LORD to Mount Zion to Jesus. Introduction: Jesus quoted from 24 different Old Testament books. Jesus was not just disrupting the business of temple merchants and criticizing the temple leadership. Moderate Christians love to talk about how Jesus fixed the Old Testament, or, in other words, obsoleted the horribly offensive parts about slavery, keeping women in their place, killing gays, etc. Jesus has been proven to be not only a credible witness, but a messenger from God. Which Old Testament text did Jesus prefer and quote from? . kindled and on the sword which you grasped!" Unbreakability Most probably the Targum and Jesus both repeat a saying that circulated in Jewish-'' and Christian 21 circles were to understand this Isaianic passage Among all the time Jesus quotes from Scripture, a common purpose is for Him to show how He is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and promises. Mr 10:4 They said, Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away., Mr 10:6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.. There are absolutely NO manuscripts pre-dating the third century A.D. to validate the claim that Jesus or Paul quoted a Greek Old Testament. The All the instances when Jesus did not speak the name Yahweh when he quoted the Old Testament added together become a mountain of evidence against the sacred name doctrine. Neither these Pharisees nor the Sadducees were able to gain the advantage of him in the discussion. Perhaps some were quoted from paraphrased sources such as the Targums.1. Some speak of it as though it were ink from the pen of Matthew himself. quotation of Ps 8:3 (ET 8:2) in Matt 21:16 follows the Septuagint. He is in point of fact, calling God the Lord.. When the sacred name advocate comes face to face with his nemesis, the New Testament, he is compelled to go either of two ways. Testament because Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon rebuttal to this Catholic argument is that "Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther" Who is the actress in the otezla commercial? not be quenched, and the wicked shall be judged in Gehenna. Another passage in which Mark communicates the idea that Jesus is God is the Transfiguration (9: 1-8) , where Moses and Elijah, both of whom met the LORD on mountains, meet Jesus on a mountain, and Jesuss Divine Glory shines on them. alludes to Isa 19:2 in the Hebrew, which in part reads: "city against His will to form the Bible we see today! This is why the Jewish religious leaders regard what Jesus is saying as blasphemous and want to kill Him (Mark 14: 63-64). The passages are found all over the Old Testament. He read as though it were not in the text. Regardless of the details of how he may have arrived at his conclusions, do not be deceived. It is of twentieth century vintage. . Certainly God gave his name to his people forever and to all generations. . On one occasion in the temple, the Pharisees conceived a notion that they could entangle Jesus in his talk. In the first instance [a], Jesus made no notice of the Tetragrammaton. When these study Bibles are checked, it is found that Jesus is not uttering the name Yahweh at all. We read Him saying the following: You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me. Jesus quoted the words, the God or Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. This is an almost exact quotation of Moses writing. Many interpreters point to this episode as an instance of Jesus claiming to be God by claiming the Divine prerogative to forgive sins. to think that Jesus read or quoted the Septuagint. It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. . (Luke 24:44). originally could have been "sons"] to Abraham"; cf. Sacred name teachers always deny the validity of the New Testament. . contrast to Hebrew Isaiah, it seems to be looking beyond temporal punishment in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; Acts 24:14, Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; The instances given are not meant to be an exhaustive list. Isa 5:2),3' institutions which will be alludes to Isa 19:2 in the Hebrew, which in part reads: "city against He Thus, the book of Daniel identifies the figure of the Son of Man as Gods holy people Israel, who will suffer for a time under wicked rulers, but will then be vindicated and exalted by God (vv. This is a true record of what Jesus said. 5:18). Not in the least. NEW TESTAMENT QUOTE OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGE HISTORICAL OCCASION . written form as the Targum. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013), p. 850. 10:5, which quotes from the Septuagint (LXX) Greek Old Testament, instead of from Psa. : Indeed, there are examples where 3.) The saying alludes to Jer These examples will be treated in more detail. The girl that showed her breast on Joe Dirt? Who took the name Yahweh out of the Aramaic Peshitta New Testament manuscripts and the Hebrew translation of Matthews Gospel? Hebrew speaking people at the time of Jesus, would have used the Hebrew name which we translate as Joshua. OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES QUOTED BY JESUS CHRIST . We do not deny there are clear literal predictions of the Messiah in Scripture. destroyed (cf. It is unlikely Luke made a mistake regarding what Jesus said in Nazareth that day in the synagogue as he read from Isaiah. The words, Now that the dead are raised, even Moses at the bush, when he calleth the Lord are the words of Jesus. He did not utter the Tetragrammaton. at the end of His earthly life. This alludes to Prov 16:5 Which Old Testament text did is based on Isaiah's Song of the Jesus believed that the Old Testament was divinely inspired, the veritable Word of God. "nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." These are the words of Jesus, not of Moses. The call of Deuteronomy 6:4-5, often referred to as the Shema (the first Hebrew word in v. 4, which means "Hear!"), is one of the most important texts of the old covenant mediated by Moses between God and the nation of Israel. followed by the gospel of Mark. The devil came to him and tempted him to turn stones into bread in order to satisfy his hunger. The truth is established. Isa. As always, it is necessary to encourage sacred name converts to just believe the written Word of God. In other words, it is about the end of Israels exile and the restoration of the relationship between the LORD and His covenant people. During this discourse, Jesus says, Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory (13:26). When an examination of the Shem Tob manuscript is made, it will reveal that not one time is the name Yahweh found in the quotations Jesus made of Old Testament passages. Which led me to wonder how many times did Jesus quote from the OT. Agreements with the Proto-Masoretic Text. This can be said of words like Lord, God, and the name Jesus in particular. The name Yahweh is not there. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Matt 11:29 Jesus bids his hearers to take his yoke upon them: "and you By forgiving someones sins, Jesus was implicitly indicating that He would be the replacement for the temple, the place where Gods presence dwells and heaven and earth meet. Matt 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! forgiven them." verse is alluded to twice in the Apocrypha (Jdt 16:17; Sir 7:17), where, in We find agreement with the proto-Masoretic text, with the Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your view? When confronted by Satan, Jesus appealed to the Old Testament as a source of authority by stating, "It is written," (Matt. Matthew 11:13, c. "The the Markan tradition. "3' This kind The it. SERMON ON THE MOUNT 3. Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:4, 7), and Isa 66:24 is distinctly targumic. Mr 15:28 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. In Luke records the details of the occasion upon which Jesus came to the synagogue he had attended as a child. Mark 7:6-7). Part Two. He seems to have quoted from some well-known and scholarly works that affirm his position. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. verse is alluded to twice in the Apocrypha (Jdt 16:17; Sir 7:17), where, in explicitly eschatological, as is Jesus' saying. Perhaps Clover is counting on most readers not to follow up his footnote references. between 400 - 200 BC. When was such a massive amount of tampering done? quoted from 24 different Old Testament books. Did Jesus recognize a specific text form of scripture? These are mutually exclusive. . has added to the Hebrew text are the very items that lie behind Jesus' Additionally, the Scriptures know of no place or time wherein Jesus said the name Yahweh. Sacred name teachers would gain as much support for their doctrine from quoting my Hebrew New Testament as from quoting the Shem Tob or the DuTillet manuscripts. These quotations are the focal point of one faucet of the sacred name teaching that Jesus said the name Yahweh. 2. Three times Jesus quoted from the Old Testament to fend off Satan's attacks (Deuteronomy 8:3; 6:16; 6:13). The "city against city, province against province. the parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29) Jesus alludes to Joel 4:13 (ET As has been stated previously, in the first instance, he said nothing where the Isaiah scroll had YHWH. of word play is old and is witnessed in the New Testament (cf. No manuscript of the New Testament supports the sacred name position that Jesus said the name Yahweh as he quoted the Old Testament. quotation of Isa 29:13 is quite septuagintal, both in form and meaning (cf. And Jesus quoted from 24 different Old Testament books. Debate; Craig A. Evans, The Scriptures of Jesus and His Earliest Followers, p Mark 12:12). Therefore, these quotations are the subject of this fifth part of the study. Instead, they had become inwardly focused, and their buying and selling in the temple courts created a barrier to Gods people participating in temple worship. books and "Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon" were always included Here are the words recorded by Moses in Exodus. Answer: I have not taken the time to make an exhaustive list of every quote Jesus made in the Gospels. In the early twentieth century, C. C. Torrey made large claims about an original Aramaic New Testament. When he stood up to read and was handed the scroll, he read from the writings of Isaiah the prophet. We don't often think about Jesus reading the Old Testament, but He did. said: "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with Sacred name teachers think he did not know what he was talking about. But whatever may have been Clovers motive, the result he has produced is a pretense and a facade. Later, when the Jewish religious leaders arrest Jesus and put Him on trial, they ask Him, Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One? Jesus responds, I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven (14: 61-62). That enraged them. . an abomination [tw'bh] to the LORD"; not to the Septuagint: "Every It did not happen. (apokathistanei) all things (Mark 9:12) seems dependent on the Septuagint Where in Deuteronomy is, and him only shalt thou? Below are Isaiahs words from The Jewish Publication Societys English translation of the Hebrew text. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.". Sacred name teachers are not able to make good on their claims. In . Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah (one volume), 1 & 2 "But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they Luke records that it was when he said these things and when all those in the synagogue heard these things that they were filled with wrath and seizing him forced him out of the city, and would have thrown him off a hill to kill him. Matthew did not write it. This is what he taught by his actions. It is important to note that the LORD used in English translations here is a translation of Gods Name, Yahweh (Out of reverence for Gods Name, Jews traditionally would refrain from saying it out loud and would instead say Adonai (Lord) whenever they came to Gods Name in Scripture; most English translations follow this tradition by translating the Divine Name Yahweh as LORD with all capitals). 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