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In 1 Clement, the author introduces a quotation from Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint translation as something Jesus himself says, an early case of Christians reading the psalms as the voice of Jesus, here describing how he was mocked and humiliated.
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LXX Psalms 21:7
Septuagint
5 Upon you our fathers hoped; they hoped, and you rescued them. 6 To you they cried aloud, and they were saved. Upon you they hoped, and they were not disgraced. 7 But I am a worm and not a person, a reproach of humanity and an object of contempt of the people. 8 All the ones who look at me turn up their nose at me. They speak with their lips; they shake their head, 9 “He hoped upon the Lord; let him rescue him; let him save him, because he wants him.” 10 For you are the one who drew me out from the womb. You are my hope from the breasts of my mother.
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 16:15
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
14 “and He bore the sins of many, and for their sins was He delivered up.” 15 And again He Himself says; “But I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men and an outcast of the people.” 16 “All those that saw me mocked at me; they spoke with their lips, they wagged their heads, saying, ‘He hoped on the Lord; let Him deliver him, or let Him save him, for He desires him.’” 17 You see, dearly beloved, what is the pattern that has been given to us; for, if the Lord was thus humble, what should we do, who through Him have been brought under the yoke of His grace.
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Notes and References
“... Christ is of supreme importance for Clement (1 Clem. 13.1-2). The OT speaks of Christ (e.g., Is 53 in 1 Clem. 16.2; cf. 1 Clem. 17.1 of other prophets and the passages quoted in 1 Clem. 36); and Christ himself speaks in the OT, especially the Psalms (1 Clem. 16.15-16, quoting Ps 21:7–9; and 1 Clem. 22.1, “He himself through the Holy Spirit exhorted us,” followed by Ps 33:12–18 and 31:10 LXX). ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(p. 1197) InterVarsity Press, 1997
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