[B-Greek] Matthew 9:20, Matthew 14:36 (TOU KRASPEDOU) cf Malachi 4:2 (LXX 3:20) KANAPH/TAIS PTERUXIN

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Sep 7 11:56:30 EDT 2006


William Ross wrote:

>We are all probably familiar with the many obvious indications that
>Matthew is dependent on the LXX, such as his quote of Isaiah 7:14 LXX,
>so I am surprised to see something that appears to me to be from the
>Hebrew rather than the LXX and I am wondering if I knew more about the
>etymology or extant usage of PTERUXIN that it would show that the
>Greek could have been his source for Matthew 9:20 and 14:36.
>  
>

HH: Matthew does not always depend on the LXX for his OT quotes.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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