Romans 10:15

“And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the good news of good things!”
Romans 10:15 · direct translation from the Greek

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Andδὲhowπῶςare they to proclaimκηρύξωσινunlessἐὰν μὴthey are sent?ἀποσταλῶσινAsκαθὼςit is written:γέγραπταιHowὩςbeautifulὡραῖοιarethe feetοἱ πόδεςof those who announce the good newsτῶν εὐαγγελιζομένωνof good things!τὰ ἀγαθά

Quotation · Isaiah 52:7

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Paul quotes Isaiah 52:7 abbreviated, in the plural: “the feet of those who announce the good news”; the Hebrew says “of the one who announces.”

Formula: γέγραπται “it is written” (Romans 10:15)

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Greek of the New Testament: πῶς δὲ κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν καθὼς γέγραπται Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά

Hebrew (Masoretic text): מַה נָּאווּ עַל הֶהָרִים רַגְלֵי מְבַשֵּׂר מַשְׁמִיעַ שָׁלוֹם מְבַשֵּׂר טוֹב מַשְׁמִיעַ יְשׁוּעָה אֹמֵר לְצִיּוֹן מָלַךְ אֱלֹהָיִךְ

Septuagint (Isaiah 52:7 in the Septuagint numbering): ὡς ὥρα ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων, ὡς πόδες εὐαγγελιζομένου ἀκοὴν εἰρήνης, ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἀγαθά, ὅτι ἀκουστὴν ποιήσω τὴν σωτηρίαν σου λέγων Σιών Βασιλεύσει σου ὃ θεός·

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two 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

Romans 10:15, word by word

are they to proclaimκηρύξωσινkēryxōsin

proclaim

Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.

Where else “kēryxōsin” appears

they are sentἀποσταλῶσινapostalōsin

send

To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.

Where else “apostalōsin” appears

it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears

beautifulὡραῖοιhōraioi

beautiful

Beautiful, lovely; also timely.

Where else “hōraioi” appears

the feetπόδεςpodes

foot

Foot.

Where else “podes” appears

of those who announce the good newsεὐαγγελιζομένωνeuangelizomenōn

proclaim good news

Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.

Where else “euangelizomenōn” appears

of good thingsἀγαθάagatha

good

Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.

Where else “agatha” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Isaiah 52:7. Many manuscripts add “of those who announce peace.”

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Isaiah 52:7

Paul quotes Isaiah 52:7 abbreviated, in the plural: “the feet of those who announce the good news”; the Hebrew says “of the one who announces.”

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Romans 10:15

¹⁵And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the good news of good things!

Isaiah 52:7

⁷How beautiful are on the mountains the feet of the one who brings good news, who makes peace heard, who brings good news of good, who makes salvation heard, who says to Zion, “Your Elohim reigns!”

The context

14How then are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone proclaiming?

15 · This verse (above)

16But not all obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our message?

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To study Romans 10 in a group

1. What it says
What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?
2. What it means
What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?

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