05-22-2009, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Martian Astronomer
Among the gospel writers, "Matthew" is notorious for changing the story to match up with the way he wants it to sound. The most obvious place I can think of is during the "triumphal entry" scene. Unlike all of the other gospel writers, Matthew says that Jesus rode on a both a donkey and a colt, so as to match up with Zechariah 9:9 -
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Originally Posted by Zechariah
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
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If my memory serves, it was a fairly common practice in Hebrew to emphasize something by saying "and" and restating it. Most scholars say that Matthew didn't speak Hebrew, rather he used the Septuagint - It was in Greek, but it preserved this particular Hebrew idiom. In this instance, Matthew changed the story to have it line up with what he thought the prophecy said. |
I always wondered why Matthew would do that. Do you have any reference for this particular Hebrew idiom? Not that I don't believe you, but it would be better to reference that instead of "some guy on the internet" lol.
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