On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאit will be saidיֵאָמֵרto Jerusalem:לִירוּשָׁלִַם“Do notאַלfear,תִּירָאִיZion;צִיּוֹןdo not letאַלyour handsיָדָיִךְgrow slack.יִרְפּוּ
Quotation · John 12:15
Go to John 12:15“Do not be afraid, Zion” recalls Zephaniah 3:16 (and also Isaiah 40:9); the rest is Zechariah 9:9.
Formula: γεγραμμένον “what was written” (John 12:14)
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Greek of the New Testament: Μὴ φοβοῦ θυγάτηρ Σιών ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεται καθήμενος ἐπὶ πῶλον ὄνου
Hebrew (Masoretic text): בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יֵאָמֵר לִירוּשָׁלִַם אַל תִּירָאִי צִיּוֹן אַל יִרְפּוּ יָדָיִךְ
Septuagint (Zephaniah 3:15 in the Septuagint numbering): περιεῖλεν Κύριος τὰ ἀδικήματά σου, λελύτρωταί σε ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν σου· βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ Κύριος ἐν μέσῳ σου, οὐκ ὄψῃ κακὰ οὐκέτι.
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