Northside UMC - Echoes of Scripture - Session 3

Dad Jokes - Bible variety

Who was the most business-savvy woman in the Bible?

Pharaoh’s daughter, who went down to the bank of the Nile and pulled out a little prophet.

What kind of person was Boaz before he got married?

Ruthless

with Ryan Bonfiglio

Where is the first tennis match mentioned in the Bible?

When Joseph served in Pharaoh’s court.

Dad Jokes - Bible variety

Who was the worst lawbreaker in the Bible?

Moses. He broke all 10 commandments at once.

How does Moses start his morning?

Luke 4:18-19 < Isaiah 61:1-2

Like Matthew, Luke draws on and expands Mark

lots and lots of parables

anoint > Hebrew: messiakh

anoint > Greek: echrisein

he scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives

and recovery of sight to the blind,

to let the oppressed go free,

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

fewer OT references (~30); no "fulfillment" sayings

Hebrews a pot of coffee!

written primarily to a non-Jewish (Gentile) audience

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. (v. 27)

Luke 1:46-55 < 1 Sam 2:1-10

Luke 8:9-10 < Isaiah 6:9-10

When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him (vv. 30-31)

At what time of day was Adam created?

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that

“My soul magnifies the Lord,

47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior...

51 He has shown strength with his arm;

he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,

and lifted up the lowly;

53 he has filled the hungry with good things,

and sent the rich away empty.

54 He has helped his servant Israel,

in remembrance of his mercy,

55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,

to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

‘looking they may not perceive,

and listening they may not understand.’

A little before Eve.

Luke 10:25-28 < Deut 6:4; Lev 19:18

Review: Echoes of Scripture in Matthew

Need an ark?

> Matthew quotes the OT more than any other Gospe (~60x)

Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

> things in Jesus' life are said to have happened to "fulfill" what is written in the OT

> Jesus and his follows are "radical" in that they return to the roots of the OT

I Noah guy.

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself:

34 The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

- Leviticus 19:18, 34

Luke 19:29-30 < triumphal entry

Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. (Matt 21:1-2)

“Tell the daughter of Zion,

Look, your king is coming to you,

humble, and mounted on a donkey,

and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

Jesus sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. (Luke 19:29-30)

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!

Lo, your king comes to you;

triumphant and victorious is he,

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

parallelism

Luke 23:46 < Psalm 31:5

When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent.”

3    You are indeed my rock and my fortress;

for your name’s sake lead me and guide me,

4 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,

for you are my refuge.

5 Into your hand I commit my spirit;

you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

- Psalm 31:3-5