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Shlama lukhon,
While Hebrew Isaiah 11:1 reads: "And a shoot will spring forth from the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall sprout from his roots",
The ancient Jewish Targumist(s) understood this verse as applying directly to the Messiah as evidenced by thier Aramaic paraphrase shown below:
ybrty yhwnb ynbm 'xySmw ySyd yhwnbm 'klm qwpyw
"The King will come from the sons of Jesse, and the Messiah will grow from the sons of his sons"
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Shlama Akhi Dean,
That's an incredible reading. It always made me wonder, if Yeshua wasn't the Meshikha - how would we be able to be sure that anyone today would have lineage from Jesse? Are lineages even kept anymore?
+Shamasha Paul bar-Shimun de'Beth-Younan
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Shlama Akhi Rob,
I believe it is Targum Yonatan. The top of the column in the printed version simply says Nnwgrt
This is the Targum included with most of the books of the prophets published by typical Jewish publishers.
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No ... Paul, I dont think this happened yet but its an amazing prophecy.
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Akhay,
The neat thing about Targum Isaiah 11:1 is that we see a clearer connection between Hebrew Isaiah's coming Netzer (Branch) being Meshikha so its no wonder Mattai connects the dots between Yeshua being from Nazareth which gives him the title "Netsraya", all as fulfillment of messianic prophecy in Mt 2:23.
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Wow Akh thats an incredible picture.
So the first time might be understood as when the Assyrians came into the fold by the Apostle's teachings during the first few centuries AD and the second time might yet be future?
What thinkest thou?
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Akhi Rob,
No ... If thats the case ... I dont think it's Targum Yonatan. Isaiah 49:3 does not have the word "Meshikha" in the targum I am looking at. It actually reads very close to the Hebrew. "You are my servant Israel"
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Akhi Rob,
I just searched CAL's Targum Studies Module and Targum Jonathan for Isa 49:3 is exactly like my printed version so I think mine is Targum Yonatan after all.
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Maybe it's for Isaiah 53. I don't have the Targums handy (will be getting the software this week along with bibleworks). Joseph Shulam had a presentation of Isaiah where we quoted Yonatan. I am drawing on secondary details :p