The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-04-26
OLD TESTAMENT IN THE NEW.

quotations from the old, and still less the sentences and phrases which it tacitly borows, with the corresponding words of the prophets, psalmis;s, or other sacred Hebrew writers. Few even Of those whose attention IS from time to time called, by the notes Of an exposition. to discrepancies in words and sentences of the old and ihe rev tesiaments which ough, 10 be identical, have an idea how frequent such discre 1ancies are, and how essential are some of them. The diver gence lies often IT mere particles or turns. sometimes Tn the phraseology, and some times in the ditieren; sense and meaning attached 10 the phrases Let us examine ies instances as they almost con secu;ively present themselves;
 In Acts II. =. ; We read Moses truly sad unto tne father, prophet sha. the Lord your God raise up unto you And every soul ;ha, will not hear that prophet shall be de- stroyed from among he people The corresponding words m Deuteronomy tHvill. f5 i9I. are: :" The Lord thy G,ud wi. False up unto you | prophet :. And waos0ever will no, hearl.eu
 l wi!l require II of hun. Inc SeptaAsin, vers:on acca.ds wi,h the Hebrew lest. ! part oi t.le discrepancy Is expiaana5le by some copv.s; having chan. .ed he Hebrew wofd ats .,sma. If him. mo 95s lDsifo. from his pc 1ule. .sc- oord.ng 70 Acts IL. ,. tod sad unto Abraham And in ,hy seed shall the kindred ot the earth be blessed The k.nafeas stands far the nations ot Gen Ax.i. Is Hebrew tex; nd Sep tuagln; -bss arrcspnais n Ger. XXI. ;. which h4s. F1nweveI. thee. instead Of in thy seed. Acts yIi >. quotes Ames B. es 74: le LOOK rp the u ,}ef7 4e e et Mo.2ch. and ne star of z1uf -Fos. .Se.apkta. asures ~h h ye n de 70 wars P them and VI lrry ,oe a~a. beyond Babylon 1his aprees iT -;: ,. '. ;.s ezs.:. .. ...c psarae. .S rendered U ;he Ne9.uagint, wht couples wIih me ;.bern .eie ot Meloeh the star oi :he soa kap.han bu, the Hesre. teNt o' Amos IS terally translated Tn the .As;honzed version. says: Ne have born ,ne tabernacle ot your uoloch and Caiam your ma ses. the star of your god. yrhIl a ye Hst'e 10 youfsetves There fore wIil .l sea to 90 into captivity beyond DimasCrs. And the Sep. iualft. toa, hAS D4mas ,us. instead oi the rev tes,ameni's' Babylon. which Is sian Sely ana hranisiic The new les,aments ,. kemphan s generally exp Nned as beng a e1frupt,on of the Sep:u lsln;s " Rafphan. which must have been originally hIb4 IT. represent ias the Hebrew Cf.na properly Ghtam the primitive name ot the pane. Stturn. Acts vn. B qaot-s from isuah liu $ thls place ot the ; rupture ." In his humiliation his judgment was taken away. literally IS the Sentuasin has il :. bl, he Hebrew tex. of the prophet IS dliieren., and the aathorked version renders T.. :" He was ;akea from the prison and from judgment" Acts NV. i5-i7. quoting Amos (iN IT. 1.l. in the words of he Septu tgin,. says '' IL IS written. After this l will build again the tabernacle of David,
 tha, the residue ot men nigh, seek after the Lord ." bu, n Inc Hebrew orlginal II IS written ' will raise up the iaber- nacle ot David, tha, they may possess the remnant of fEdom." Evident
 
 the Ssp;us4int was iransl lited had y.i! shn. may seek. instead of yty'Shn. may possess an abbresia,ion of the name of ''the Lord instead of,he un,.anslatable particle eA of the Masore,ie text: and ada@. man, instead of fioDi. Idumal Ina, the Septuagint tex. was wrong IS obvious to every critical examiner.
 sinking examples otthe new meanings attached 10 the old testimen, phrase occur I, the very opening of the new Isaiah having gone to meet Aha1, king of ludah. to allay his fears in regard to the alt4 formed agains, him by Re. k'n. king ot Syria. and Pekah, king of is- raei, gave him sign of his own divine iaisslon in this prediction: Behold. q virgin according to the Sep,uagin, which Is followed by the authorized yer sion: the young woman. il!i,g s4. in the Hebrew tex, shaii conceive and bear son, and shall cail his name lmmanuel. Butter and honey shall heeat. and choose the gooi. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil. the land thou abhorrcSt sh Ill be forsaken of both her kings Is. vi, r+-i6). l'nmindful of the connection between the infancy of the child oi ,he sign and the abhorred inya- sion of the two kings. the evangelis, Mat thew '. so ,sl sees in he child of the ,i- mad indicated ;o Ahaz the son of Mary. who was conceived of the Holy Ghost and called Jesus name denoiiny sal vatlon. and thus corresponding to !n- manuel or God-wlth-as- that it might be fulfilled which was spoken ofthe ord by ;ne prophet. Behold the virgln shall be wI;h chi'd. and bring forth son. and they saall call h,s name Immanuel." The same evangelist n. iS), quoting part os a sentence in Hosea (u IL which speaks of Israel m Egypt. and ot the divine de iiserance accorded the young nation. ia these tender words. "Wnen Israel was a child. then loved him. and called m, son oni c. Egypt" presents the quotation as prophecy referring 10 Jesus. who is child was taken by his parents to Esv,,. that l, mlgh, he fulailed which was spoken of the Lord by ,he prophet. saw ing. elt of .-gyp; have called my son"
 These few examples may, perhaps, sui hee to show wha, grave rerplex ,ics mus, bese, every student oi the bible who en- T