1 Peter 2:22

“who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth;”
1 Peter 2:22 · direct translation from the Greek

Peter says he bore our sins on the tree and by his wound we were healedThe Cross Peter presents the Messiah’s suffering as an example: he bore our sins in his bodySuffering and Trials

With the Greek beneath

whoὃςcommittedἐποίησενnoοὐκsin,ἁμαρτίανnorοὐδὲwasεὑρέθηdeceitδόλοςfoundεὑρέθηinἐνhis mouth;τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ

Quotation · Isaiah 53:9

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Peter quotes the last part without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “he had done no violence,” Peter says “he committed no sin.”

See the original texts

Greek of the New Testament: ὃς ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיִּתֵּן אֶת רְשָׁעִים קִבְרוֹ וְאֶת עָשִׁיר בְּמֹתָיו עַל לֹא חָמָס עָשָׂה וְלֹא מִרְמָה בְּפִיו

Septuagint (Isaiah 53:9 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ δώσω τοὺς καὶ αὐτὸς διὰ τὸ πονηροὺς ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς πλουσίους ἀντὶ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἀνομίαν οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὑτοῦ.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 9 consecutive words: “οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Peter 2:22, word by word

committedἐποίησενepoiēsen

To carry out an action or cause an effect.

Where else “epoiēsen” appears

sinἁμαρτίανhamartian

sin

Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.

Where else “hamartian” appears

wasεὑρέθηheurethē

find

To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.

Where else “heurethē” appears

deceitδόλοςdolos

deceit

Deceit, trickery.

Where else “dolos” appears

his mouthστόματιstomati

mouth

The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.

Where else “stomati” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Isaiah 53:9 according to the Greek of the Old Testament.

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Quotation · Isaiah 53:9

Peter quotes the last part without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “he had done no violence,” Peter says “he committed no sin.”

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1 Peter 2:22

²²who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth;

Isaiah 53:9

⁹And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was there deceit in his mouth.

The context

21For to this you were called, because the Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps,

22 · This verse (above)

23who, when he was insulted, did not insult in return; when he suffered, did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly;

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