September 02, 2025

The Septuagint — New Testament, Part 1

1 hour 46 minutes

Hosts

Corey J. Mahler

coreyjmahler.com

@CoreyJMahler

Woe

aka Eschatologuy

@treblewoe

In this episode and the next, we cover the places where the New Testament cites the Old Testament and there is a difference between the Septuagint (LXX) and the rabbinic text. In this first (of two) episodes, we cover citations from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts; in the next episode, we will cover Romans through Revelation. By the sheer weight of the evidence, it will become undeniable that the New Testament authors were reading and citing the Septuagint — not some supposed ‘Hebrew’ edition (that, in fact, no longer existed at the time of the composition of the New Testament).

The Septuagint was the Bible of the Apostles; it was the Bible of the early Church; it was the Bible that God miraculously preserved — as He promised He would; and it should be our Bible today.

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Show Notes

Verses

Vorlage over LXX

Matthew 2:15 → Hosea 11:1

Matthew 8:17 → Isaiah 53:4

Matthew 26:31 → Zechariah 13:7 (also Mark 14:27)

Matthew 27:9-10 → Zechariah 11:12-13 (with elements from Jeremiah 19; 32)

Mark 1:2 → Malachi 3:1 (also Luke 7:27)

John 19:37 quoting Zechariah 12:10

Romans 11:35 quoting Job 41:11 (MT 41:3)

LXX over MT

Matthew 1:23 → Isaiah 7:14

Matthew 3:3 → Isaiah 40:3

Matthew 3:17 (Mark, Luke) → (Genesis 22:2, 12, 16)

Matthew 17:5 (Mark, Luke)

Matthew 4:15-16 → Isaiah 9:1-2 (MT versification 8:23-9:1)

Matthew 11:10 → Malachi 3:1 (also Mark 1:2, Luke 7:27)

Matthew 12:18-21 → Isaiah 42:1-4

Matthew 13:14-15 → Isaiah 6:9-10

Matthew 15:8-9 → Isaiah 29:13

Matthew 19:5-6 → Genesis 2:24

Matthew 21:16 → Psalm 8:2 (LXX 8:3)

Matthew 24:29 → Isaiah 13:10, 34:4

Luke 2:23 → Exodus 13:2

Luke 3:4-6 → Isaiah 40:3-5

Luke 4:18-19 → Isaiah 61:1-2 (with Isa 58:6)

John 12:38 → Isaiah 53:1

Acts 2:26 → Psalm 16:9 (LXX 15)

Acts 7:14 → Genesis 46:27; Exodus 1:5

Acts 7:42-43 → Amos 5:25-27

Acts 8:32-33 → Isaiah 53:7-8

Acts 13:41 → Habakkuk 1:5

Acts 15:16-18 → Amos 9:11-12 (and the closing clause of v. 18)