P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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either pause or comment.
Ps 109 is probably the
most often cited piece of OT found in the NT 88 and
we must distinguish within v.l of the psalm three
different elements, each of which constitutes a traditional
formula in its own right.
In the first
place there is the motif of sitting at the right hand
of God, which frequently occurs without reference
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being otherwise made to the psalm. Secondly, there
is the I subjection I phrase (v. Ib).90
There are
also those instances where the complete verse of the
psalm is cited; in these instances the emphasis is
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on the phrase €L7t€y
In
Eph 1:20 only the session motif owes its origin to
Ps 109:1;
the subjection motif which is a~sociated
with it is not dependent on v. Ib of the same
psalm, as one IT~ght
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Ps 8:6.
expect, but is dependent on
Every passage in which the phrase Ito
sit at the right hand of God l
is used shows a deviation
from the LXX text,93 a fact which itself is
evidence of both the widespread use made of the psalm
citation and, more significantly, of the growth of a
tradition which ultimately was dependent on this
verse.
The variation in Eph 1:20 is the inclusion
of a participial phrase as against the imperative of
the LXX.
These variations do not prevent us from
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