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Article 0148 - Passages Jesus Cited From O.T.

Passages Jesus Cited from the Old Testament

Jon Gary Williams

Events and Individuals to Whom Jesus Referred

The creation of Adam and Eve (Mk. 10:6-8 cited Gen. 1:27; 2:24) 
The murder of Abel (Lk. 11:51 cited Gen. 4:10) 
The corruption of Noah's day and the flood (Lk. 17:26-27 cited Gen. 6-7) 
The corruption of Lot's day and the fire (Lk. 17:28-29 cited Gen. 19) 
The worldliness of Lot's wife (Lk. 17:32 cited Gen. 19:26) 
The faith of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Mt. 22:32) 
Moses and the burning bush (Mk. 12:26 cited Ex. 3) 
Moses and the heavenly manna (Jn. 6:31 cited Ex. 16:15)
Moses and the brazen serpent (Jn. 3:14 cited Num. 21:18)
David and some shewbread (Mt. 12:3-4 cited 1 Sam. 21:6) 
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Mt. 12:42 cited 1 Kings 10:1)
 Elijah, a widow, and the famine (Lk. 4:25-26 cited 1 Kings 17:1,9) 
Naaman and his leprosy (Lk. 4:27 cited 2 Kings 5) 
The murder of Zechariah (Lk. 11:51 cited 2 Chron. 24:20-21) 
Daniel and the abomination of desolation (Mt. 24:15 cited Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11)
Jonah and the great fish (Mt. 12:40; 16:4 cited Jonah 1:17)
Jonah and the repentance of the Ninevites (Lk. 11:30; Mt. 12:41 cited Jonah 3:4-10)

Passages Cited During Christ's Temptations

The first temptation (Mt. 4:4 cited Deut. 8:3)
The second temptation (Mt. 4:7 cited Deut. 6:16)
The third temptation (Mt. 4:10 cited Deut. 6:13)

Passages Cited in the Sermon on the Mount

The sixth commandment  (Mt. 5:21 cited Ex. 20:13)
The seventh commandment (Mt. 5:27 cited Ex. 20:14) (also compare Mt. 5:31 with Deut. 24:1). (He later cited some of these same commandments during His talk with a rich young ruler, Mk. 10:19)

Passages Cited During Various Confrontations with Jewish Rulers

As He defended His associating with sinners (Mt. 9:13 cited Hos. 6:6)
As He expounded on marriage (Mk. 10:7-8 cited Gen. 2:24) 
As He was asked concerning the greatest of the commandments (Mk. 12:29-30 cited Deut. 6:4-5) 
As He rebuked their vain traditions (Mt. 15:7-9 cited Isa. 29:13)
As the Pharisees questioned His authority (Jn. 8:17 cited Deut. 17:6)

Passages Cited on the Cross 

His fourth utterance (Mt. 27:46 cited Ps. 22:1)
His seventh utterance (Lk. 23:46 cited Ps. 31:5)

Various

During His Nazareth Sermon (Lk. 4:18-19 cited Isa. 61:1-2)
Giving Tribute to John the Baptist (Lk. 7:27 cited Mal. 3:1)
On His Triumphal Entry (Mt. 21:16 cited Ps. 8:2)
When cleansing the temple (Lk. 19:46 cited Isa. 56:7)
In a parable about Israel (Mt. 21:42, 44 cited Ps. 118:22-23; Isa. 8:14-15)
During a question session in the temple (Mk. 12:36 cited Ps. 110:1)
During the Last Passover night, predicting the world would hate the disciples as they hated Him (Jn. 15:25 cited Ps. 35:19; 69:4)

In summary, our Lord said the Law would be fulfilled (Mt. 5:18) and the Scriptures could not be broken (Jn. 10:35). It has been estimated that over one-tenth of Jesus' recorded New Testament words were taken from the Old Testament. In the four Gospels, 180 of the 1,800 verses that report His discourses are either Old Testament quotes or Old Testament allusions.