Table of Old Testament quotes in the New Testament in English translation comments

The following is a table of New Testament (NT) quotations of the Old Testament (OT). The left column carries the NT citations, the middle the Septuagint (LXX) and the last column the Masoretic (MT). The NT and MT traslation is the Authorized Version, the LXX, Brenton's. All obvious quotes have been included; it excludes strong allusions or verbal parallels (e.g., Matt. 24:15 ~ Dan. 9:27 or 12:11) such as those listed in The Greek New Testament, 4th rev. ed. (Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1983), 891-901.

This chart allows anyone without Greek to easily see, at a glance, the major differences that exist between the various versions. Oftentimes it is difficult to find tools that create the sort of format found below.

The chart has no scholarly value. Anyone who wants to understand precisely the differences should begin to learn Greek, and to read the secondary literature on the subject. A good starting place is Natalio Fernández Marcos, "The Septuagint and the New Testament," chapter 21 in The Septuagint in Context: Introduction to the Greek Version of the Bible, trans. Wilfred G. E. Watson (Leiden: Brill, 2000) ||. Marcos's judgment on the matter is "that most of the the Old Testament quotations in the New follow the text of the LXX in one of its known forms." (265) Thus, in some instances where the NT and LXX do not match, the NT may reflect an earlier or alternate version of the LXX.

For another analysis of the quotations, see R. Grant Jones's "The Septuagint in the New Testament."

Caution: Brenton's translation is based on a rather eclectic reading of the Greek text of the LXX. The standard LXX text is to be found in the Göttingen edition, and has yet to be translated. Next best is Rahlfs's edition, widely available. 

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Compiled by Joel Kalvesmaki - January 1999
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