Friday, October 2, 2020

Joseph Smith's Knowledge that the KJV OT and NT used Different Names for the Same Person (e.g., Isaiah/Esaias)

Some critics (e.g., the Tanners; Marvin Cowan; Richard Packham) have claimed that Joseph Smith did not know that the KJV OT and NT used different names for the same person (e.g., OT Elijah and NT Elias). However, this is refuted by the JST, where Joseph Smith’s changes often reflected a knowledge that, for instance, OT Isaiah and NT Esaias were one and the same person:

 

OT Isaiah and NT Esias

 

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written. This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mark 7:6-7)

 

And the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men. (Mark 7:6-7 JST)

 

OT Noah and Shem and NT Noe and Sem

 

Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech. (Luke 3:36)

 

And of Cainan, and of Arphaxad, and of Shem, and of Noah, and of Lamech. (Luke 4:43 JST)

 

OT Hosea and NT Osee

 

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. (Rom 9:25)

 

As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. (Rom 9:25 JST)

 

On Joseph Smith's knowledge that OT Elijah and NT Elias were one and the same person, see:


"Elias" as a "Forerunner" in LDS Scripture

 

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