“Look,Ἰδοὺmyμουservantὁ παῖςwhomὃνI have chosen,ᾑρέτισαmyμουbelovedὁ ἀγαπητόςinεἰςwhomὃνmyμουsoulἡ ψυχήis well pleased;εὐδόκησενI will putθήσωmyμουSpiritτὸ πνεῦμάuponἐπ’him,αὐτόνandκαὶhe will proclaimἀπαγγελεῖjusticeκρίσινto the nations.τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
Quotation · Isaiah 42:1-4
Go to Isaiah 42:1-4Matthew quotes Isaiah 42:1-4, the first song of the servant of YHWH. Where the Hebrew says “the coastlands will wait for his instruction,” Matthew says “in his name the nations will hope.”
Formula: ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος “so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled” (Matthew 12:17)
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Greek of the New Testament: Ἰδοὺ ὁ παῖς μου ὃν ᾑρέτισα ὁ ἀγαπητός μου εἰς ὃν εὐδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου θήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ’ αὐτόν καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπαγγελεῖ
Hebrew (Masoretic text): הֵן עַבְדִּי אֶתְמָךְ בּוֹ בְּחִירִי רָצְתָה נַפְשִׁי נָתַתִּי רוּחִי עָלָיו מִשְׁפָּט לַגּוֹיִם יוֹצִיא לֹא יִצְעַק וְלֹא יִשָּׂא וְלֹא יַשְׁמִיעַ בַּחוּץ קוֹלוֹ קָנֶה רָצוּץ לֹא יִשְׁבּוֹר וּפִשְׁתָּה כֵהָה לֹא יְכַבֶּנָּה לֶאֱמֶת יוֹצִיא מִשְׁפָּט לֹא יִכְהֶה וְלֹא יָרוּץ עַד יָשִׂים בָּאָרֶץ מִשְׁפָּט וּלְתוֹרָתוֹ אִיִּים יְיַחֵילוּ
Septuagint (Isaiah 42:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἰακὼβ ὁ παῖς μου, ἀντιλήμψομαι αὐτοῦ· Ἰσραὴλ ὅ ἐκλεκτός μου, προσεδέξατο αὐτὸν ἦ ψυχή μου· ἔδωκα τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ’ αὐτόν, κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐξοίσει·
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ’ αὐτόν.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0