page_title: Quotations from the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament
hierarchical_section_title: Quotations from the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament
caption_attribution_description: The back side of P.Mich.inv. 5552, showing portions of the Book of Enoch in Greek. This manuscript is part of the Chester Beatty Papyri, and is the 3rd leaf of the surviving manuscript, which also contained an unknown Christian homily attributed to Melito of Sardis. Most likely originated in Egypt. Currently housed in:
context_page_description: There are in all two hundred and eighty-three direct quotations from the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament.
  In about ninety instances, the Septuagint is literally quoted. In around eighty further instances, the quote is altered in some way. For example, at Matthew 21:42 Jesus says "Did ye never read in the scriptures that the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner?" - a reference to Psalm 118:22. Likewise, Mark 12:10. The Epistle of Jude quotes the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch and the Assumption of Moses.
  Other quotations are sometimes made directly from the Hebrew text.
context_section_description: There are in all two hundred and eighty-three direct quotations from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in the New Testament.
  In about ninety instances, the Septuagint is literally quoted. In around eighty further instances, the quote is altered in some way. For example, at Matthew 21:42 Jesus says "Did ye never read in the scriptures that the stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner?" - a reference to Psalm 118:22. Likewise, Mark 12:10. The Epistle of Jude quotes the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9) and the Assumption of Moses.
  Other quotations are sometimes made directly from the Hebrew text (e.g. Matthew 4:15–16, John 19:37, 1 Corinthians 15:54).
caption: Chester Beatty XII, Greek manuscript of the Book of Enoch, with the text quoted by Epistle of Jude (4th century)
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