Isaiah 53: Septuagint (LXX) and Masorectic Text (MTT)

Today Dr. Will Ryan and Dr. Matt dive into Isaiah 53 looking at
the textual and message differences in the Septuagint (LXX) and
the Masorectic Text (MTT).





When read as pros (singular voice) these 2 texts disagree with
each other and depict 2 different pictures of God. So, in this
episode we examine the message of each (and imported doctrines)
and see if they agree. The main points of this conversation are:
Inerrancy, the character of God, and how this affects atonement
theories.





THE LXX TEXT 13 Look! My child will understand and be raised up
and be magnified exceedingly. 14 Just as many will be impressed
by you, so your appearance will be despised by people and your
glory by the people, 15 Thus many nations will be impressed at
him, and kings will shut their mouth, because those to whom it
has not been declared concerning him will see, and those who have
not heard will understand. 53 O Lord, who has believed our
report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 We
proclaimed as a child before him, as a root in a thirsty land. He
has no appearance or glory. And we saw him, and he had no
appearance or beauty. 3 Instead, his appearance was dishonored
and forsaken among the sons of men, a man who experiences
misfortune and who knows how to bear sickness, for his face has
been rejected; he was dishonored and was not esteemed. 4 This one
carries our sins and suffers pain from us, and we regarded him as
one who is in difficulty, misfortune, and affliction. 5 But he
was wounded from our sins, and he became sick from our lawless
acts. The discipline of our peace was upon him; by his bruise we
were healed. 6 We all have been misled like sheep; each person
was misled in his own path, and the Lord handed him over for our
sins. 7 And because he was afflicted, he does not open his mouth;
like a sheep is led to slaughter, and like a lamb is voiceless
before the one who shears it, so he does not open his mouth. 8
His judgment was taken away in humiliation; who will describe his
family? For his life was taken from the earth; he was led to
death because of the lawless acts of my people. 9 And I will give
the wicked in place of his tomb, and the wealthy in place of
death, because he committed no lawlessness, and there was no
deceit in his mouth. 10 The Lord is willing to cleanse/heal him
of the injury. If you make a sin offering, our soul will see
long-lived offspring, and the Lord is willing to remove him from
the difficulty of his soul, 11 to show him the light, and to form
him with understanding, to justify the righteous who serves many
well; and he himself will carry their sins. 12 Because of this he
will cause many to inherit, and he will apportion the spoils of
the mighty, because his soul was given over to death, and he was
reckoned among the lawless, and he himself bore the sins of many,
and he was handed over due to their wickedness.
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