Comments on: A Classic Remez

By: Joe C

Joe C — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:07:12 +0000

Chris,

This was great when I saw it on your blog before, and it’s still great now. Thanks.

Mark

I noticed that in my Bible, but always chose the translation that made more sense. “Like the lion my hands and my feet” makes no sense in context, but “they have pierced” does.

I wonder if the anti-missionaries would say the same about this…

“…They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son” Zech 12:10b (See John 19:37).

‘They will look on the one they have like the lion?’ LOL

Joe

By: Chris P.

Chris P. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:59:13 +0000

I find it interesting that long before I knew a lick about Hebrew culture, I took this passage as Jesus referencing the entirety of Pslam 22. Oh well…..

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:03:31 +0000

That’s weird – I can’t get it to do that in my browsers…

By: dave

dave — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:59:04 +0000

ugh… video… starting automatically… on page load… not. cool.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:00:21 +0000

Like a Lion or They Have Pierced?

In verse 16 of this psalm, the minute difference of a centimeter of ink has ignited a firestorm of controversy. The majority reading of the Masoretic text literally reads, “Like a lion my hands and feet.” This reading is difficult, and doesn’t make sense. In the Septuagint (LXX), the text reads, “they have pierced my hands and my feet.” The difference between the Hebrew letters vav and yud are extremely small, yet the change it makes is incredibly significant.

http://www.messianicart.com/chazak/yeshua/psalm22.htm

By: merry

merry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:25:36 +0000

Yes, it makes so much more sense that Jesus was referencing Psalm 22 when He quoted the first lines of it on the cross! Psalm 22 was always amazing, but that makes it even more amazing. It’s like Jesus gave His thoughts to David years before– maybe to save time saying all He thought while on the cross! Prophecies like that are amazing.

I really enjoy these articles on Hebrew culture– it helps me understand the Bible so much more. Thanks!