Where is the OT quotation from in 1 Timothy 5:18?
00:00:00.000 | This question came from a user named David T., "Can you tell
00:00:03.700 | me why the decision was taken to capitalize the second quote in
00:00:07.940 | 1 Timothy 5.18, 'The labor is worthy of his wages,'" and it's
00:00:13.080 | in all caps, "but it wasn't capitalized in the NASB 95."
00:00:18.120 | "The labor is worthy of his wages" is not actually a
00:00:22.840 | quotation from the Old Testament, it's a quotation from
00:00:25.400 | the Lord Jesus.
00:00:26.480 | So we put that in caps but if you look at that and you see a
00:00:31.000 | reference there in Luke 19.13 that is also an allusion to
00:00:38.840 | certain statements in the Old Testament.
00:00:41.120 | So while it is a quotation of the Lord Jesus we put it in
00:00:45.380 | caps it is also an allusion to the Old Testament.
00:00:49.440 | And if the Lord Jesus said it that's of equal authority with
00:00:53.100 | any quotation from the Old Testament.
00:00:55.920 | So that's why we put both of them in capital letters.