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The Septuagint (LXX) translation of Isaiah 53, dated to roughly 140 BCE, [36] is a relatively free translation with a complicated relationship with the MT. Emanuel Tov has provided LXX/MT word equivalences for the passage, [ 37 ] and verse-by-verse commentaries on the LXX of Isaiah 53 are provided by Jobes and Silva , [ 38 ] and Hengel and Bailey.
The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Isaiah 52 is the fifty-second chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.
The servant songs (also called the servant poems or the Songs of the Suffering Servant) are four songs in the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible, which include Isaiah 42:1–4; Isaiah 49:1–6; Isaiah 50:4–11; and Isaiah 52:13–53:12. The songs are four poems written about a certain "servant of YHWH" (Hebrew: עבד יהוה, ‘eḇeḏ ...
In Isaiah 53, a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, [1] [2] a virtuous servant is murdered but does not protest: "Like a sheep being led to the slaughter or a lamb that is silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7). His silence is praised because there was no "deceit in his mouth" (Isaiah 53:9).
Although the New Testament does not refer to Isaiah 11:1-2 regarding these gifts, [15] [16] according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, these gifts "complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them." [17] Initiates receive them at Baptism and they are strengthened at Confirmation, so that one can proclaim the truths of the faith.
"Without" in the second line is usually taken to mean "outside", and some hymnals make this change explicitly. The final line refers to passages such as 1 John 2 and Isaiah 53:6. [3] The second stanza speaks of the mystery of the cross [6] and of atonement through the sacrifice of Christ, based on Isaiah 53:5 and 2 Corinthians 5:21. [3]
An example is Isaiah 53:11 where 1QIsa a and Septuagint versions match and clarify the meaning, while the Masoretic Text is somewhat obscure. [3] Peter Flint notes that better readings from the Qumran scrolls such as Isaiah 53:11 have been adopted by the New International Version translation and Revised Standard Version translation. [citation ...