He afflicted youוַיְעַנְּךָand let you hungerוַיַּרְעִבֶךָand fed youוַיַּאֲכִלְךָthe manna,אֶת הַמָּןwhichאֲשֶׁרyou did notלֹאknowיָדַעְתָּandוְyour fathersאֲבֹתֶיךָdid notלֹאknow,יָדְעוּןin order toלְמַעַןmake you knowהוֹדִעֲךָthatכִּיnotלֹאbyעַלbreadהַלֶּחֶםaloneלְבַדּוֹdoes a human beingהָאָדָםlive,יִחְיֶהbutכִּיbyעַלeverythingכָּלthat comes outמוֹצָאof the mouthפִיof YHWHיְהוָהdoes a human beingהָאָדָםlive.יִחְיֶה
Quotation · Matthew 4:4
Go to Matthew 4:4Jesus answers with Deuteronomy 8:3, words said to Israel about its forty years in the wilderness. Where the Hebrew says “everything that comes out of the mouth of YHWH,” Matthew says “every word that comes out through the mouth of God.”
Formula: Γέγραπται “it is written” (Matthew 4:4)
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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Γέγραπται Οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος θεοῦ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיְעַנְּךָ וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ וַיַּאֲכִלְךָ אֶת הַמָּן אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַעְתָּ וְלֹא יָדְעוּן אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְמַעַן הוֹדִעֲךָ כִּי לֹא עַל הַלֶּחֶם לְבַדּוֹ יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם כִּי עַל כָּל מוֹצָא פִי יְהוָה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם
Septuagint (Deuteronomy 8:3 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐκάκωσέν σε καὶ ἐλιμαγχόνησέν σε, καὶ ἐψώμισέν σε τὸ μάννα ὃ οὐκ εἴδησαν οἱ πατέρες σου· ἵνα ἀναγγείλῃ σοι ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος θεοῦ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 11 consecutive words: “Οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0
Quotation · Luke 4:4
Go to Luke 4:4Jesus quotes the first half of Deuteronomy 8:3.
Formula: Γέγραπται ὅτι “it is written” (Luke 4:4)
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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ ἀπεκρίθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς Γέγραπται ὅτι Οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος
Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיְעַנְּךָ וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ וַיַּאֲכִלְךָ אֶת הַמָּן אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַעְתָּ וְלֹא יָדְעוּן אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְמַעַן הוֹדִעֲךָ כִּי לֹא עַל הַלֶּחֶם לְבַדּוֹ יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם כִּי עַל כָּל מוֹצָא פִי יְהוָה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם
Septuagint (Deuteronomy 8:3 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐκάκωσέν σε καὶ ἐλιμαγχόνησέν σε, καὶ ἐψώμισέν σε τὸ μάννα ὃ οὐκ εἴδησαν οἱ πατέρες σου· ἵνα ἀναγγείλῃ σοι ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος θεοῦ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “ὅτι Οὐκ ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0