1 Peter 2:24

“who himself bore our sins in his body on the wooden beam, so that having died to sins we might live to righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.”

1 Peter 2:24 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 53:5

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Peter uses the last sentence of Isaiah 53:5 without a formula and puts it in the second person: “by his wound you were healed.”

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Greek of the New Testament: ὃς τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αὐτὸς ἀνήνεγκεν ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον ἵνα ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν οὗ τῷ μώλωπι ἰάθητε

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהוּא מְחֹלָל מִפְּשָׁעֵנוּ מְדֻכָּא מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ מוּסַר שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ עָלָיו וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא לָנוּ

Septuagint (Isaiah 53:5-6 in the Septuagint numbering): αὐτὸς δὲ ἐτραυματίσθη διὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμαλακίσθη διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας παιδία εἰρήνης ἡμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτόν, τῷ μώλωπι αὑτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν. πάντες ὡς πρόβατα ἐπλανήθημεν, ἅνθρωπος Τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθη· καὶ Κύριος παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

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

1 Peter 2:24, word by word

boreἀνήνεγκενanēnenken

bear

To carry the sins of others.

Where else “anēnenken” appears
our sinsἁμαρτίαςhamartias

sin

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

Where else “hamartias” appears
his bodyσώματιsōmati

body

The person in his physical part, living or dead.

Where else “sōmati” appears
the wooden beamξύλονxylon

cross

The timber Jesus was hung on.

Where else “xylon” appears
having diedἀπογενόμενοιapogenomenoi

die to

Die to something, be cut off from it.

Where else “apogenomenoi” appears
we might liveζήσωμενzēsōmen

live

To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.

Where else “zēsōmen” appears
to righteousnessδικαιοσύνῃdikaiosynēi

righteousness

Doing what is just, living as God wants.

Where else “dikaiosynēi” appears
woundμώλωπιmōlōpi

wound, bruise

Wound, bruise: the mark of a blow.

Where else “mōlōpi” appears
you were healedἰάθητεiathēte

heal

Heal, cure.

Where else “iathēte” appears

Translation note

Recalls Isaiah 53:4-5 and 53:12.

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Quotation · Isaiah 53:5

Peter uses the last sentence of Isaiah 53:5 without a formula and puts it in the second person: “by his wound you were healed.”

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1 Peter 2:24

24who himself bore our sins in his body on the wooden beam, so that having died to sins we might live to righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

Isaiah 53:5

5But he was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; the correction of our peace was upon him, and by his wound we were healed.

The context

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;

24 · This verse (above)

25For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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