In this grouping of the words of Jesus which relates to THE SCRIPTURES. we have three main divisions as follows: 1. The Scriptures, the Commandments, and the Law (7 x 7) 2. The Word of God (7 x 71 3. Christ's quotations and allusions from the Old Testament (7 x 7) In this last division. Christ makes -19 references or allusions to the Old Testament. It is of interest to note the wide scope of the subject to which He refers. Examination of these references will show that Christ has placed His direct endorsement on a large number of the most vital themes of the Old Testament, some of which, such as the story of creation, Modernism has done its best to discredit. An interesting Bible study would he to tabulate the number of prominent characters of the Old Testament, that Jesus mentioned, and the number of events He referred to, such as the Flood, the destruction of Sodom. the Burning Bush. the giving of the Law, etc. The fact is that Christ by these references has certified as authentic. many of the incidents which the so-called Higher Criticism has imputed to be mythical, such as, for example, the story of Jonah, and the events of the book of Daniel. One of the last statements that Christ made to his disciples was, "0 fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken." Luke 24:25. It is evident that no one can truthfully say that he is a believer in Christ. unless he believes in the inspiration of the Old Testament Scriptures.
THE SCRIPTURES, THE COMMANDMENTS, THE LAW (7 x 7)
1. The Fulfillment of the Scriptures 1. CHRIST'S MINISTRY OF DELIVERANCE FULFILLED SCRIPTURE This day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears. Luke 4:21. 2. THE UNBELIEVING JEWS FULFILL THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. Matt. 13:14. 3. ALL THINGS WRITTEN SHALL BE FULFILLED For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Luke 21:22. 4. THE SCRIPTURES TO BE FULFILLED AT ALL POINTS I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. John 13:18. 5. THE LAW TO BE FULFILLED But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. John 15:25. 6. THE SCRIPTURES TO BE FULFILLED While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gayest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. John 17:12. 7. HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS: BUT ALL TO BE FULFILLED This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Matt. 24:34-35.
II. Authenticity of the Scriptures 1. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES; THEY SPEAK OF ME Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. John 5:39. 2. AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID He that believeth on me, as the scripture bath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. John 7:38. 3. THE SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? John 10:35-36. 4. THE SCRIPTURES WILL BE FULFILLED But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Matt. 26:54. 5. THE SCRIPTURE MUST BE FULFILLED I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. Mark 14:49. 6. ALL THINGS IN MOSES, THE PSALMS AND THE PROPHETS MUST BE FULFILLED These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Luke 24:44. 7. THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT ALL THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN ARE FOOLS O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Luke 24:25-26.
III. Unbelief in the Scriptures 1. NO USE TO PUT TRUST IN SCRIPTURES, UNLESS BELIEVED Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. John 5:45. 2. THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE SCRIPTURES WILL NOT BELIEVE CHRIST For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. John 5:46. 3. THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT THE OLD TESTAMENT WILL NOT BELIEVE THE NEW But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? John 5:47. 4. THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT THE SCRIPTURES WILL NOT BELIEVE A MIRACLE And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke 16:31. 5. UNBELIEF WILL NOT PREVENT FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S WORD Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Matthew 21:42. 6. ERROR CAUSED BY UNBELIEF IN THE SCRIPTURES Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. Matthew 22:29. 7. FINAL WARNING OF PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WHO TAKE AWAY FROM PROPHECY And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Rev. 22:19.
IV. The Commandments of God 1. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL THY HEART The first of all commandments is: Hear, 0 Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:29-30. 2. THE SECOND IS TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31. 3. HE THAT TEACHES THESE COMMANDMENTS SHALL BE CALLED GREAT Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men, so he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:19. 4. CHRIST REBUKES THOSE WHO SUBSTITUTE TRADITION FOR COMMANDMENTS Why do ye also trangress the commandment of God by your tradition? Matt. 15:3. 5. TRADITION MAKES OF NON-EFFECT THE COMMANDMENTS Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Matt. 15:6. 6. CHRIST'S ADVICE TO THE RICH YOUNG RULER But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Matt. 19:17. 7. THEY THAT DO COMMANDMENTS HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Rev. 22:14.
V. Commandments of the Father and the Son 1. FATHER'S COMMANDMENT: THAT SON SHOULD HAVE POWER TO TAKE UP LIFE No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 10:18. 2. THE SON SPEAKS OF THE FATHER'S COMMANDMENT For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. John 12:49. 3. THE NEW COMMANDMENT OF LIFE A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13:34. 4. THOSE WHO LOVE CHRIST KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15. 5. HE THAT KEEPS COMMANDMENTS SHALL BE LOVED OF THE FATHER He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21. 6. THE SON'S COMMANDMENT: THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15:12. 7. KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND ABIDE IN MY LOVE If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10.
VI. References to the Law of Moses 1. THE LAW AND THE SABBATH Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Matt. 12:5. 2. WOE FOR OMITTING WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith. . . .Matt. 23:23. 3. CHRIST REFERS TO THE LAW What is written in the law? how readest thou? Luke 10:26. 4. CHRIST QUOTES FROM THE LAW Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:34. 5. JEWS' HATRED OF CHRIST FORETOLD IN THE LAW But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in your law, They hated me without a cause. John 15:25. 6. THE LAW AND CIRCUMCISION AND THE SABBATH If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? John 7:23. 7. ALL THINGS WRITTEN OF CHRIST IN THE LAW TO BE FULFILLED These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Luke 24:44.
VII. The Law of Moses and Its Relation to Grace 1. CHRIST DID NOT DESTROY THE LAW BUT FULFILLED IT Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfill. Matt. 5:17. 2. THOUGH HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS ALL THE LAW TO BE FULFILLED For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. 5:18. 3. DISPENSATION OF LAW AND PROPHETS ENDED WITH JOHN For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. Matt. 11:13. 4. AFTER JOHN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke 16:16, 17. 5. THE LAW AND PROPHETS BASED ON THE GOLDEN RULE Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matt. 7:12. 6. NONE OF THE JEWS TRULY KEPT THE LAW Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? John 7:19. 7. LOVE FOR GOD AND NEIGHBOR BASIS OF THE LAW AND PROPHETS On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (See Matt. 22:36-40.)
THE WORD (7 x 7)
VIII. My Word 1. HE THAT HEARETH MY WORD HATH EVERLASTING LIFE Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24. 2. CONTINUE IN MY WORD; THEN YE ARE MY DISCIPLES If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John 8:31. 3. HATRED OF CHRIST CAUSED BY HATRED OF THE WORD I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word bath no place in you. John 8:37. 4. HE THAT WILL NOT HEAR CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE WORD Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. John 8:43. 5. AN OPEN DOOR PROMISED THOSE WHO KEEP CHRIST'S WORD I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Rev. 3:8. 6. THOSE WHO KEEP THE WORD ARE KEPT FROM HOUR OF TEMPTATION Because thou bast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Rev. 3:10. 7. THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN SHALL JUDGE He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 12:48.
IX. My Words 1. HE THAT IS ASHAMED OF CHRIST'S WORDS—OF HIM CHRIST SHALL BE ASHAMED Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. Mark 8:38. 2. THOUGH HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, CHRIST'S WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Mark 13:31. 3. UNBELIEF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT MEANS UNBELIEF IN CHRIST'S WORDS But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? John 5:47. 4. THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT CHRIST'S WORDS ARE NOT JUDGED BY CHRIST And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. John 12:47. 5. UNBELIEVERS TO BE JUDGED BY CHRIST'S WORDS He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 12:48. 6. IF A MAN KEEP MY WORDS, THE FATHER AND I WILL MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23. 7. IF MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ASK WHAT YE WILL, AND IT SHALL BE DONE If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7.
X. The Word of the Kingdom 1. THE SEED IS THE WORD OF GOD Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Luke 8:11. 2. THE SON OF MAN SOWETH THE WORD The sower soweth the word. Mark 4:14. 3. HE THAT UNDERSTANDETH NOT THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM—THE DEVIL CATCHETH IT AWAY When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. Matt. 13:19. 4. HE THAT HEARETH WORD IN STONY PLACES—WITH JOY RECEIVETH IT But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. 13:20. 5. HAVING NOT ROOT, HE IS OFFENDED BY PERSECUTION BECAUSE OF THE WORD Yet bath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Matt. 13:21. 6. HE THAT HEARETH AMONG THORNS; THE CARES OF LIFE CHOKE THE WORD He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Matt. 13:22. 7. HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD IN GOOD GROUND, BRINGETH FORTH FRUIT But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Matt. 13:23.
XI. Blessings on Those Who Hear and Do the Word of God 1. BLESSED ARE THEY WHO HEAR AND KEEP THE WORD Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. Luke 11:28. 2. THEY THAT HEAR AND DO WORD OF GOD ARE CHRIST'S BRETHREN My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Luke 8:21. 3. HE THAT HEARETH AND DOETH CHRIST'S SAYINGS IS A WISE MAN Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matt. 7:24-25. 4. CLEANSING THROUGH THE WORD Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:3. 5. THE WORDS THAT CHRIST SPEAKETH ARE SPIRIT AND LIFE It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63. 6. HE THAT KEEPETH CHRIST'S SAYING SHALL NOT SEE DEATH Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. John 8:51. 7. SANCTIFICATION THROUGH THE WORD Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17.
XII. Receiving the Word of God 1. LET THESE SAYINGS SINK DOWN IN YOUR EARS Let these sayings sink down in your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. Luke 9:44. 2. SOME WORDS OF CHRIST MEANT ONLY TO THOSE FOR WHOM IT IS GIVEN All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. Matt. 19:11. 3. CHRIST KEPT THE FATHER'S SAYINGS .. . But I know him, and keep his saying. John 8:55. 4. REMEMBER THE WORD THAT I SAID UNTO YOU Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. . . . John 15:20. 5. IF MEN KEPT MY SAYING, THEY WILL KEEP YOURS ALSO If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. John 15:20. 6. DISCIPLES RECEIVED AND KEPT GOD'S WORD I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gayest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gayest them me; and they have kept thy word. John 17:6. 7. DISCIPLES RECEIVED CHRIST'S WORD For I have given unto them the words which thou gayest me; and they have received them, . . . John 17:8.
XIII. Concerning the Word of God 1. MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY THE WORD OF GOD Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt. 4:4. 2. THE SAYINGS OF GOD ARE TRUE And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. John 4:37. 3. THE WORD OF GOD CANNOT BE BROKEN If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken. John 10:35. 4. CHRIST'S WORDS CAME FROM THE FATHER ...the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. John 14:10. 5. THE WORD MUST BE FULFILLED But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. John 15:25. 6. THE WORLD HATES THE WORD AND THOSE WHO OBEY IT I have given them thy word; and the world bath hated them, . . . John 17:14. 7. THE WORDS OF CHRIST AND THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS MUST BE FULFILLED These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Luke 24:44.
XIV. Unbelief in the Word of God—and Its Penalty 1. HE THAT DOETH NOT CHRIST'S SAYINGS—HIS RUIN GREAT And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Matt. 7:26-27. 2. ADHERENCE TO TRADITION INDICATES UNBELIEF IN GOD'S WORD Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Mark 7:13. 3. THE JEWS BELIEVED NOT GOD'S WORD And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. John 5:38. 4. THE JEWS HEARD NOT GOD'S WORD, AND WERE NOT OF GOD He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. John 8:47. 5. HE THAT HEARETH NOT CHRIST'S SAYINGS LOVETH HIM NOT He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. John 14:24. 6. HE THAT ADDETH TO WORD—TO HIM SHALL BE ADDED THE PLAGUES For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. Rev. 22:18. 7. HE THAT TAKETH AWAY FROM THE WORD—HIS PART SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. Rev. 22:19.
CHRIST AUTHENTICATES OLD TESTAMENT BY QUOTING OR ALLUDING TO IT (7 x 7)
XV. Christ's Quotations or Allusions from Genesis 1. (Gen. 2:23-24) Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Matt. 19:4-5. 2. (Gen. 4:8) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias. . . . Matt. 23:35. 3. (Gen. 6:7, 11) And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. . . . Luke 17:26-27. 4. (Gen. 17:9-14) Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision. . . . John 7:22-23. 5. (Gen. 18:22) Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. John 8:56. 6. (Gen. 19:26-36) Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot. . . . Luke 17:28-32. 7. (Gen. 28:12-22) Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 8:11.
XVI. Quotations or Allusions from Exodus 1. (Exod. 3:6) I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Matt. 22:32. 2. (Exod. 20) Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? John 7:19. 3. (Exod. 20:12) Honour thy father and mother. . . . Matt. 15:4. 4. (Exod. 20:13) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill. . . . Matt. 5:21. 5. (Exod. 20:14) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery.... Matt. 5:27. 6. (Exod. 20:15-16) Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.... Matt. 19:18. 7. (Exod. 21:24) Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Matt. 5:38.
XVII. Quotations or Allusions from Leviticus and Numbers 1. (Lev. 14:1-7) See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.Matt. 8:4. 2. (Lev. 19:12) Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. Matt 5:33. 3. (Lev. 19:18) And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ... Mark 12:31. 4. (Lev. 20:9) For God commanded, saying, . He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Matt 15:4. 5. (Num. 21:8-9) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. John 3:14. 6. (Num. 28:9-10) Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Matt. 12:5. 7. (Num. 31:16) But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. Rev. 2:14.
XVIII. Quotations or Allusions from Deuteronomy 1. (Deut. 6:13, 10:20) Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Matt. 4:10. 2. (Deut. 6:16) It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Matt. 4:7. 3. (Deut. 6:4:5) Hear, 0 Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.. . .Mark 12:29, 30. 4. (Deut. 8:3) It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matt. 4:4. 5. (Deut. 18:15-19) For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. John 5:46. 6. (Deut. 19:15) It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. John 8:17. 7. (Deut. 24:1) Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Matt. 19:8.
XIX. Christ's Quotations or Allusions from the Psalms 1. (Ps. 8:2) Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Matt. 21:16. 2. (Ps. 35:19) But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. John 15:25. 3. (Ps. 41:9) He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me, The Son of man goeth as it is written of him. . . . Matt. 26:23-24. 4. (Ps. 82:6) Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:34. 5. (Ps. 105:40) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. John 6:32. (See also verse 31.) 6. (Ps. 110:1) The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? Matt. 22:44. 7. (Ps. 118:22-23) Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Matt. 21:42.
XX. Christ's Quotations or Allusions from the Prophets—Group I 1. (I Sam. 21:6) Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Matt. 12:3-4. 2. (I Kings 17:9) But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. Luke 4:25-16. 3. (II Kings 5:1, 14) And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Luke 4:27. 4. (II Chron. 9:1-12) The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matt. 12:42. 5. (II Chron. 24:20-22) That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias. . . . Matt. 23:35. 6. (Isa. 6:9-10) And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. . . . Matt. 13:14-15. 7. (Isa. 56:7) It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Matt. 21:13.
XXI. Christ's Quotations or Allusions from the Prophets—Group II 1. (Isa. 61:1-2) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he bath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19. 2. (Dan. 9:27) When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place. . Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains. Matt. 24:15-16. 3. (Hosea 6:6) But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. . . . Matt. 9:13. 4. (Jonah 1:17) For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt. 12:40. 5. (Jonah 3:5-9) The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Matt. 12:41. 6. (Zech. 13:7) All of ye shall be offended because of me this night: because it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Matt. 26:31. 7. (Mal. 3:1) For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Matt. 11:10.