The Holy Name of God

Many believe that Jesus and the apostles used the Septuagint when quoting the Old Testament. Based on this assumption, they claim that Jesus and the apostles followed the Septuagint, changing God's Holy Name to other words, such as forms of the Greek word often transliterated as KURIOS or KYRIOS (meaning, Lord). This is offered as proof that Jesus and his apostles joined in with the Jews in changing the Holy Name to other words.  Thus, it is further claimed that the original autographs of the New Testament also changed the Holy Name to other words. We should, however, understand that the Septuagint as we have it today did not exist in the days of Jesus. What is often called the Septuagint is actually what some have called the “ Christianized Septuagint ”. This version of the Septuagint did not exist in the days of Jesus and the apostles, and thus they could not have been quoting from it. We should also understand that we do not have the original autographs of the New Testamen...