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Rom 15:21: "Those who were not told about Him will see" (Isa 52:15)

Says Rom 15:21 cites Scripture (καθὼς γέγραπται): Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν ("Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand," BSB), word for word Swete's Isa 52:15b, οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.

Says The Hebrew is כִּי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־סֻפַּר לָהֶם רָאוּ וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ ("For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard," BSB). אֲשֶׁר is the object, "what," and the subjects are the nations and kings of 52:15a. סֻפַּר is a Pual third masculine singular perfect ("be recounted," BDB p. 707); רָאוּ, שָׁמְעוּ and הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ (Hithpolel, "understand," BDB p. 106) are third plural perfects.

Says Swete makes the relatives persons, οἷς ("those to whom") and οἳ ("those who"), adds περὶ αὐτοῦ, which the Hebrew clause lacks, and has future verbs. Its apparatus has only a spelling here.

Implies In Isaiah "him" is the servant of 52:13; Paul applies the line to Christ. In the Greek form those not told are the ones who see, which fits 15:20, preaching where Christ was not named.

Uncertain The Hebrew, kings perceiving what they were not told, is close in thought; the agreement with Swete is a form comparison, not proof of Paul's source. No lean is taken here.

See also xref.Rom.10.15.Isa.52.7.heb, xref.Rom.2.24.Isa.52.5.heb and the exegetical note (note.exegetical.Rom.15.14-Rom.15.21.priestly-ministry).

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  • SaysRom 15:21 cites Scripture (καθὼς γέγραπται): Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν, word for word Swete Isa 52:15b.
  • SaysIsa 52:15 כִּי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־סֻפַּר לָהֶם רָאוּ וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ: אֲשֶׁר is the object, "what," and the subjects are the nations and kings of 52:15a; סֻפַּר Pual third masculine singular perfect; רָאוּ, שָׁמְעוּ, הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ (Hithpolel) third plural perfects.
  • SaysSwete makes the relatives persons (οἷς, οἳ), adds περὶ αὐτοῦ, which the Hebrew clause lacks, and has future verbs; its apparatus has only a spelling here.
  • ImpliesIn Isaiah "him" is the servant of 52:13; Paul applies the line to Christ; in the Greek form those not told are the ones who see, which fits Rom 15:20, preaching where Christ was not named.
  • UncertainThe Hebrew (kings perceiving what they were not told) is close in thought; the agreement with Swete is a form comparison, not proof of Paul's source. No lean.

Citations

  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Isa 52:15 (סֻפַּר morph HVPp3ms; רָאוּ, שָׁמְעוּ morph HVqp3cp; הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ morph HVrp3cp; לָהֶם morph HR/Sp3mp)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 סָפַר (H5608), p. 707, entry o.ck.ac; בִּין (H995), p. 106, entry b.bo.aa
  • LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Isa 52:15 (vol. 3 pp. 199–200; apparatus: p. 199 "ουτως ℵAQ | συναξουσιν A" in 15a; p. 200 "πιρι ℵ* (περι ℵ^1)"). LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 3 (1912), pp. 199, 200.
  • SBLGNT CC BY 4.0 Rom 15:20–21
  • BSB public domain Rom 15:21; Isa 52:15
Sources OSHB CC BY 4.0 LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 SBLGNT CC BY 4.0 BDB CC BY 4.0 BSB public domain Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0

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