The Old Testament in the New
The Old Testament in the New: How the Apostles Read Their Bible
When the New Testament writers wanted to explain who Jesus was, they reached for the Old Testament. They quoted it, echoed it, argued from it. Each page below sets one Old Testament passage beside the New Testament text that takes it up, quotes both from the King James Bible, and labels honestly how strong the link is: a direct quotation, a strong allusion, or a thematic echo. This is the intertextual map of a single story, from promise to Person.
The Just Shall Live by FaithHabakkuk 2:4Abraham Believed GodGenesis 15:6Thou Art My SonPsalm 2:7The LORD Said Unto My LordPsalm 110:1A Priest After the Order of MelchizedekPsalm 110:4My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken MePsalm 22:1They Pierced My Hands and My FeetPsalm 22:16They Part My GarmentsPsalm 22:18The Stone the Builders RejectedPsalm 118:22Into Thy Hands I Commit My SpiritPsalm 31:5Thou Wilt Not Leave My Soul in HellPsalm 16:10Behold, a Virgin Shall ConceiveIsaiah 7:14Unto Us a Child Is BornIsaiah 9:6The Voice of One Crying in the WildernessIsaiah 40:3He Was Wounded for Our TransgressionsIsaiah 53:5Brought as a Lamb to the SlaughterIsaiah 53:7He Bare the Sin of ManyIsaiah 53:12The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon MeIsaiah 61:1Out of Egypt Have I Called My SonHosea 11:1A New CovenantJeremiah 31:33Thou BethlehemMicah 5:2Thy King Cometh, Riding Upon an AssZechariah 9:9Thirty Pieces of SilverZechariah 11:12Smite the ShepherdZechariah 13:7The Day of the LordMalachi 4:5Hear, O Israel: the Great CommandmentDeuteronomy 6:4Love Thy Neighbour as ThyselfLeviticus 19:18Man Shall Not Live by Bread AloneDeuteronomy 8:3A Prophet Like Unto MosesDeuteronomy 18:15I Will Pour Out My SpiritJoel 2:28Whosoever Shall Call on the Name of the LordJoel 2:32A Light to the GentilesIsaiah 49:6The Tabernacle of DavidAmos 9:11In Thee Shall All Nations Be BlessedGenesis 12:3The Passover Lamb: a Bone Not BrokenExodus 12:46As Moses Lifted Up the SerpentNumbers 21:9He That Believeth Shall Not Be AshamedIsaiah 28:16There Is None RighteousPsalm 14:1Vengeance Is MineDeuteronomy 32:35Be Ye Holy, for I Am HolyLeviticus 11:44Thou Shalt Not Muzzle the OxDeuteronomy 25:4Jacob Have I LovedMalachi 1:2Who Hath Known the Mind of the LordIsaiah 40:13Death Is Swallowed Up in VictoryIsaiah 25:8O Death, Where Is Thy StingHosea 13:14
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