so thatὅπωςwhatτὸwas spokenῥηθὲνthroughδιὰthe prophetτοῦ προφήτουmight be fulfilled,πληρωθῇwhen hesays,λέγοντος“I will openἈνοίξωmyμουmouthτὸ στόμαinἐνparables;παραβολαῖςI will pour outἐρεύξομαιthings hiddenκεκρυμμέναsinceἀπὸthe foundation of the world.”καταβολῆς
Quotation · Psalms 78:2
Go to Psalms 78:2Matthew attributes the quotation to “the prophet”; Psalm 78 bears in its title the name of Asaph, whom 2 Chronicles 29:30 calls “the seer.” Where the Hebrew says “riddles from of old,” Matthew says “things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Formula: ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος “so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled” (Matthew 13:35)
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Greek of the New Testament: ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου ἐρεύξομαι κεκρυμμένα ἀπὸ καταβολῆς
Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֶפְתְּחָה בְמָשָׁל פִּי אַבִּיעָה חִידוֹת מִנִּי קֶדֶם
Septuagint (Psalms 77:2 in the Septuagint numbering): ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου, φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς.
The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου.”
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0