comparison-of-Deuteronomy-6:13-and-Matthew-4:10.txt

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## Traditionally Deuteronomy 6:13 is cited by Jesus in Matthew 4:10.

getrefs SBLGNT LXX Deuteronomy 6:13
## No result.
lookup LXX Deuteronomy 6:13
# κυριον τον θεον σου φοβηθηση και αυτω λατρευσεις και προς αυτον κολληθηση και τω ονοματι αυτου ομη
lookup SBLGNT Matthew 4:10
# τοτε λεγει αυτω ο Ιησους· ⸀Υπαγε, Σατανα· γεγραπται γαρ· Κυριον τον θεον σου προσκυνησεις και αυτω μονω λατρευσεις.

## Clearly the word "φοβηθηση" ("you shall fear") is changed to "προσκυνησεις" ("you shall worship").
## This new word is used 5 times in LXX: in Exodus 20:5, Exodus 23:24 and Deuteronomy 5:9 (all of them
## are in a denial form); in Deuteronomy 4:19 there is a possible fuzzy match:

lookup LXX Deuteronomy 4:19
# και μη αναβλεψας εις τον ουρανον και ιδων τον ηλιον και την σεληνην και τους αστερας και παντα τον κοσμον του ουρανου πλανηθεις προσκυνησης αυτοις και λατρευσης αυτοις α απενειμεν κυριος ο θεος σου αυτα πασιν τοις εθνεσιν τοις υποκατω του ουρανου

## and finally, in Psalm 81:9 (MT 81:10) there is some combination of all of the words
## used by Jesus:

lookup LXX Psalms 81:9
# ουκ εσται εν σοι θεος προσφατος ουδε προσκυνησεις θεω αλλοτριω

## In fact, Deuteronomy 10:20 is the same as 6:13:
lookup LXX Deuteronomy 10:20
# κυριον τον θεον σου φοβηθηση και αυτω λατρευσεις και προς αυτον κολληθηση και τω ονοματι αυτου ομη

## It seems plausible that Jesus refers to the denial forms of "προσκυνησεις" because Satan mentions
## this word in Matthew 4:9: "εαν πεσων προσκυνησης μοι" ("if falling down you will worship me").
## And Jesus then points indeed to Deuteronomy 6:13 because this is quite similar to the quoted text:
## it begins with the same words and has grammatically the same structure.
##
## On the other hand, a very strong allusion to the denial forms can be assumed. It seems reasonable
## to identify the first occurrence of the word "προσκυνησεις" in Exodus 20:5 also as a quoted word
## and the surrounding words too.

lookup1 LXX Exodus 20:5+2 20:5-115
# Stored internally as proskynhseisaytoisoydemhlatreys.
lookup2 SBLGNT Matthew 4:10+59 4:10-3
# Stored internally as proskynhseiskaiaytvmonvlatreys.
compare12
# Comparing 'proskynhseisaytoisoydemhlatreys' ~ 'proskynhseiskaiaytvmonvlatreys' = 21
# difference = 0.360656
jaccard12
# Jaccard distance is 0.366667.

## Finally, Jesus' words in Luke 4:8 are literally the same as in Matthew 4:10.