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Cii.2.o.--Rom. 7: 7 quotes Exod. 20: 17:--
"Thou shalt not covet" (N.T.).
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife," etc. (LXX).
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house," etc. (Heb.).
Cii.I.o.2.o.3a--Matt. 22: 24 quotes Deut. 25: 5:--
"If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
unto his brother" (N.T.).
"And if brethren dwell together, and one of them should die, and should not have
seed, the wife of the dead shall not marry without, to a man not related; her husband's
brother shall . . . . . take her to himself for wife, and dwell with her" (LXX).
"If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the
dead shall not marry without unto a stranger; her husband's (or next kinsman) shall . . . . .
take her to himself for wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her" (Heb.).
Ciii.a.2a.--Acts 2: 17-21 quotes Joel 2: 28-32.
We refrain from giving the three quotations owing to their length, and our limited
space. The reader is asked to make the comparison under this heading for himself. He
will observe "afterward" and "after these things" becoming, in the N.T., "in the last days"
and several changes may be noticed.
Ciii.o.a--Acts 13: 22 quotes Psa. 88: 21
and
I Kings 13: 14 (LXX),
Psa. 89: 21 and I Sam. 13: 14 (Heb.):--
"I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil
all my will" (N.T.).
"I have found David my servant. The Lord will seek for Himself a man after His own
heart" (LXX).
"I have found David my servant. The Lord hath sought him a man after His own
heart" (Heb.).
At this point we must fain say with the apostle in Heb. 11: 32: "And what shall I
more say? for the time would fail me" to give examples of the remaining classes. We
conclude, however, with an extract from an article in the Quarterly journal of Prophecy
of October, 1849. (see table/chart on next page).
The study of the Greek of the New Testament, and the influence that the language of
the LXX has had upon its phraseology and the fixing of its great doctrinal terms lies
outside the scope of this series, which deals with the more general history of "The
volume of the Book". Under another heading, we hope to give this important aspect of
truth a careful study, but a great deal of time will be necessary in the preparation of such
a series. In this present series, we shall pursue the course already indicated, namely, that
of following up the various phenomena connected with the transmission of the Sacred
Text, and all matters of general interest pertaining to it.