I want to find every occasion Jesus quoted the Old Testament. What is the best way to do that. I am using Logos 6.
Use the HCSB bible. It's the only one that has an Old Testament quotation field although unfortunately it doesn't have speaker labels. So you still have to use this L4 method: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/26181.aspx
Here is a little more detailed way, related to what Mark mentioned above, but that takes advantage of one of the new Logos 6 Features, that of being able to search for the Speaker. [:)]
1. Run a Bible search in the ESV for {Speaker <Person Jesus>}. This will return 2047 verses. Save this search result as a Passage List. I've named the passage list "Jesus Speaks".
2. Run a Bible Search for * in the HCSB, selecting the search field "OT Quotation" and then limiting your search range to the Passage List you just saved! You'll get 90 verses back.
3. Now, there are actually at least 2 more Bibles that have the OT Quotation field, so it is always good to compare results! They are the NA27 and the NA28. The NA28 is included in some Logos 6 base packages. Interestingly, these give more results than the HCSB! You'll get 112 results. Just add the ESV or some other translation using the "Add versions" button.
4. Finally, we can compare these two results to see where they differ. To do so, save both search results as Passage Lists. Note that the search will be rerun when you do so, so it will take a bit.
5. Now, last step. From within either of the Passage Lists, select "Merge". Then, select the other Passage List, and finally choose "Symmetric Difference". This will display the results that are in one list, but not the other...
Interestingly, there are 28 results in this list! Which means that there are results in both lists that are not in the other! These you'll want to double check especially close, and this type of difference is a reminder of how it is always a good idea to check in two different sources if we need really reliable information. In this case, these mainly seem to be texts where it is debatable whether it is really a "quote" or not:
You can also run "Merge" again, and this time select "Union" to get the results that are present in both lists. Those results are going to be results that are pretty clearly an OT Quotation, as two different versions agree on them.
Here is a little more detailed way, related to what Mark mentioned above, but that takes advantage of one of the new Logos 6 Features, that of being able to search for the Speaker.
Nice job Fr. Devin[Y]
Here is a little more detailed way, ...
This is brilliant. Thank you for the walk-through.
This is phenomenal. Thanks for taking the time to write this up and include screenshots.
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This is phenomenal.
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Thank you for taking the time to post this, Fr Devin.
