ForכִּיI desireחָפַצְתִּיloyal loveחֶסֶדand notוְלֹאsacrifice,זָבַחand the knowledgeוְדַעַתof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםmore than burnt offerings.מֵעֹלוֹת
Quotation · Matthew 9:13
Go to Matthew 9:13Jesus quotes the first half of Hosea 6:6: “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” In Hebrew, “mercy” is chesed, “loyal love.”
Formula: πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν “go and learn what this means” (Matthew 9:13)
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Greek of the New Testament: πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλούς
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלֹא זָבַח וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים מֵעֹלוֹת
Septuagint (Hosea 6:6 in the Septuagint numbering): διότι ἔλεος θέλω ἡ θυσίαν, καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα.
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
Quotation · Matthew 12:7
Go to Matthew 12:7Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6 again, as in Matthew 9:13.
Formula: εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν “if you had known what this means” (Matthew 12:7)
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Greek of the New Testament: εἰ δὲ ἐγνώκειτε τί ἐστιν Ἔλεος θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν οὐκ ἂν κατεδικάσατε τοὺς ἀναιτίους
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי חֶסֶד חָפַצְתִּי וְלֹא זָבַח וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים מֵעֹלוֹת
Septuagint (Hosea 6:6 in the Septuagint numbering): διότι ἔλεος θέλω ἡ θυσίαν, καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν θεοῦ ἢ ὁλοκαυτώματα.
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