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Oct 7, 2024 · Jesus does not interpret this collective figure against the sense of the text when he presents the figure as an individual. Jesus follows the interpretation of Daniel 7 itself. The wild animals of this vision symbolize both individual kings and their collective kingdoms in verses 17 and 23.
Jan 4, 2022 · Second Peter 1:20 says, “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.” Actually, 2 Peter 1:20 emphasizes the source of Old Testament prophecies, not who has the right to interpret the Bible today. Some Bible versions do not make this clear.
- Similarities Between Jesus and His Contemporaries
- Jesus and The Historicity of The Old Testament
- Jesus and The Prophecies of The Old Testament
- Differences Between Jesus and His Contemporaries
- Jesus and The Judgment of Ethnocentrism in The Old Testament
- Jesus and The Christological Nature of The Old Testament
- Jesus and The Purity Laws of The Old Testament
- Jesus and The Fulfillment of The Old Testament
- Conclusion
In many ways, Jesus’ view of the Scriptures of his people would have fallen exactly in line with the attitudes of his fellow Jews. He seems to have adopted the identical body of authoritative documents as the Judaism of his world. He quotes from all three major sections of the Hebrew Bible (the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings) and from all thre...
Jesus appears to have viewed Old Testament narratives as historical. He frequently appeals to the events in the lives of key Old Testament individuals to support his teaching or justify his behavior. He can take it for granted that his listeners share his conviction that these things really happened and that they were recorded to provide authoritat...
In other instances, Jesus takes the same approach his contemporaries would have by viewing unfulfilled prophecy as an authoritative and true account of what must still occur in the future. Thus, there must still be an “abomination that causes desolation standing where it does not belong” (Mark 24:15)—the sacrilege of the Jerusalem temple (cf. Matt....
Yet Jesus’ understanding of the Old Testament does not entirely overlap with that of his Jewish contemporaries. Despite many similarities between his perspective and theirs, he often quotes Scripture against key authorities or groups of authorities. Sometimes he argues that they have missed the original meaning or purpose of a text through a tradit...
Frequently, Jesus understands the Scriptures to be fulfilled in him or in the events with which he is involved. Occasionally, these were direct predictions of things that have now happened. Far more commonly, they represent typology — the recognition of patterns in history as God reveals his characteristic, recurring ways with human beings, especia...
Often Jesus interprets Scripture Christologically, seeing both direct and typological predictions pointing to himself as the newly arrived messianic King. Even when his use of Scripture does not directly serve Christology, his sovereign authority over Scripture at least implicitly raises the question of who he is, or at least of who he thinks he is...
At the same time, there are moments when Jesus seems to upend the fulfillment and application of Levitical laws entirely. Perhaps most dramatically of all, Jesus established the precedent for declaring all foods clean, which is an explicit break from the dietary laws of Leviticus. In Mark 7:14-15 and parallel, he calls the crowd listening to him to...
Perhaps the most important passage for understanding Jesus’ overall view of the Old Testament is Matthew 5:17-20. It is crucial, therefore, to interpret this text correctly when synthesizing Jesus’ similarities and differences from other Jews on this topic. He begins by denying any form of the charge that he is abolishing any part of the Hebrew Scr...
In sum, we see in Jesus’ view of the Old Testament God’s word to the world, as evidenced by his citation of a wide selection of texts, even if not always in ways with which his Jewish contemporaries would have agreed. What we do not see in Christ’s teachings based on the Bible of his people is anything that would point to a canon within a canon — v...
Jun 15, 2023 · Jesus not only directly disobeyed the Hebrew Law, but used a scriptural story as a basis for why he was doing so. He let the Holy Spirit be his guide and reset the whole agenda for understanding ...
Bible verses about Interpretation. Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
Dec 17, 2017 · That’s how Jesus read the Bible and that is the foundation of the church. The Apostle Paul said that we Christians: are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
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Why Must We Interpret Scripture? Moses stressed that a right relationship with the Lord is only possible when one hears God’s Word in a way that leads to fearing and following him (Deut. 31:12–13; cf. 6:1–3; 17:19–20; John 6:44–45). The Bible,
