The Nugget:
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (KJV)
My Comment:
Is Jesus Christ mentioned in the Old Testament?
Jesus said, most emphatically, that He is mentioned there:
Joh 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
Joh 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
Joh 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
On the road to Emmaus Jesus explained the Scriptures in considerable detail to the two sorrowing disciples, showing them that the Messiah must first suffer before He can enter into His glory (Luke 24:26). It was only after what they thought was a complete stranger began to eat with them that they recognized the stranger for who He really was: the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.
It would be wonderful for us if we could have a video recording in our language to learn directly from Jesus Himself just what he taught them that day about what we call Messianic prophecy.
I think we can come very close to what He must have said by carefully studying the cross references for Luke 24:27, 44, 45 as given below taken from The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. This lesson ought to demonstrate once and for all that The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible, and The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury are Bible study resources that enable far more effective Bible study than even Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible when studying a subject like this.
The Lesson:
SERIES TITLE: Getting Hooked on the Book
SUBJECT: New Treasury Introduction
SESSION FIVE: Christ’s Appeal to Scripture
MATERIALS NEEDED: Furnish each student with a Bible and a New Treasury.
LESSON OBJECTIVE: Discover that Christ’s appeal to Scripture to assert and prove his messiahship necessarily involved comparing Scripture with Scripture.
SCRIPTURE TEXT: Luke 24:27, 44, 45.
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luk 24:44 And he said unto them, 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.
Luk 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
PROCEDURE:
A. Raise the questions:
- What is messianic prophecy?
- Why is a concordance an unsuitable Bible study tool to study messianic prophecy?
- What Bible study tool permits the study of messianic prophecy?
- If it is clear that Jesus himself taught that He was revealed in the Old Testament, how does this provide us with the Scriptural authority for studying the Bible for ourselves in this manner?
B. Consult the notes and references in the New Treasury provided at the Lesson Scripture Texts, Luke 24:27, 44, 45.
CONCLUSION:
- After consulting the references supplied to each clause of this lesson’s Scripture text, answer the question:
“What common thread of truth ties this set of references together?”
- What conclusions do you draw about the Bible’s own teaching regarding the subjects dealt with in this lesson’s Scripture text?
- What instruction or encouragement do you derive from the insights received from this comparison of related Bible texts?
Luke 24:27, 44, 45.
- beginning. FS180A, +Ge 4:20. ver. *44 (Luke 24:44). +*Ge 3:15. 12:3. 18:18. *Ge 22:18. *Ge 26:4. 28:14. +*Ge 49:10. Ex 12:3-28, 43-51. Leviticus chapter =16. Nu 20:11. 21:6, 7, 8, 9. 24:17. *Dt 18:15. +*Jn 5:39, 45, 46, 47. Ac 3:22. 7:37. 8:35. 28:23. at Moses. FS121A6, +Lk 16:29. Lk 16:16. Jn 1:45. 3:14. +*Jn 5:39, 45, 46, 47. Ac 3:22. 7:2-53. 8:35. 13:27. 28:23. and all. ver. 25 (Luke 24:25). 2 S 7:12, 13, 14, 15, 16. *Ps 16:9, 10. 132:11. +*Is 7:14. +*Is 9:6, 7. *Is 40:10, 11. *Is 50:6. 52:13, 14. Isaiah chapter *53. Is 61:1. +*Je 23:5, 6. *Je 33:14, 15. *Ezk 34:23. *Ezk 37:25. Da 7:13, 14. +*Da 9:24, 25, 26. Jon 1:17. 3:5. +*Mic 5:2, 3, 4. 7:20. Zc 6:12. *Zc 9:9. 12:10. *Zc 13:7. *Ml 3:1, 2, 3. 4:2. *Jn 1:45. *Ac 3:24. *Ac 10:43. 13:27, 28, 29, 30. 28:23. *Re 19:10. the prophets. Christ’s actual citations from the prophets given in the gospels are: (1) Mt 9:13 with Ho 6:6. (2) Mt 10:35, 36 w Mic 7:6. (3) Mt 11:10 w Mal 3:1. (4) Mt 11:28, 29, 30 w Je 6:16. (5) Mt 12:7 w Ho 6:6. (6) Mt 12:18 w Is 42:1, 2, 3. (7) Mt 12:21 w Is 42:4. (8) Mt 12:39, 40, 41, 42 w Jon 1:17. (9) Mt 13:14 w Is 6:9, 10. (10) Mt 15:8 w Is 29:13. (11) Mt 21:5 w Zc 9:9. (12) Mt 21:13 w Je 7:11. (13) Mt 24:15 w Da 9:27. (14) Mt 27:9 w Zc 11:13. (15) Mk 7:6 w Is 29:13. (16) Mk 9:44 w Is 66:24. (17) Mk 11:17 w Is 56:7. (18) Mk 13:14 w Da 9:27. (19) Mk 14:27 w Zc 13:7. (20) Lk 4:18 w Is 61:1, 2 and Is 58:6. (21) Lk 7:27 w Mal 3:1. (22) Lk 12:53 w Mic 7:6. (23) Lk 19:46 w Is 56:7 and Je 7:11. (24) Jn 6:45 w Is 54:13. expounded. T#1015. Ac 17:2, 3. *S#1329g, ‘diermeeneuo.’ Ac 9:36 (by interpretation). 1 Cor 12:30 (interpret). 1 Cor 14:5, 13, 27. See *S#1328g, 1 Cor 14:28 (interpreter). For related words, see +*Mk 5:41. all the scriptures. ver. 32, 45 (Luke 24:32, 45). Mt 21:42. concerning himself. “Jesus found himself in the Old Testament, a thing that some modern scholars do not seem able to do” (A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures, vol. 2, p. 294). +*Jn 5:39.
44. These are the words. ver. *6, *7 (Luke 24:6, 7). *Lk 9:22. *Lk 18:31-33. *Mt 16:21. 17:22, 23. 20:18, 19. Mk 8:31, 32. 9:31. 10:33, 34. +*Jn 2:18, 19, 20, 21, 22. while I. Jn 16:4, 5, 16, 17. *Jn 17:11, 12, 13. Ac 9:39. that all. ver. *26, *27, *46 (Lk 24:26, 27, 46). Lk 21:22. *Mt 26:54, 56. Jn 19:24-37. Ac 3:18. 13:29, 30, 31, 33. +*1 Cor 15:3, 4. in the law. +*Ge 3:15. 14:18. +*Ge 22:18. +**Ge 49:10. Le 16:2, etc. *Nu 21:8, 9. *Nu 35:25. *Dt 18:15, 16, 17, 18, 19. *Jn 3:14, 15. *Jn 5:46, 47. 7:23. *Ac 3:22, 23, 24. 7:37. He 3:5. 7:1, 2, 3. 9:8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 10:1. in the prophets. ver. +*Lk 24:27 note. +*Is 7:14. +*Is 9:6, 7. *Is 11:1-10. 28:16. *Is 40:1, 2, 3, 4-11. *Is 42:1, 2, 3, 4. 49:1-8. 50:2, 3, 4, 5, 6. *Is 52:13, 14, 15. +*Is 53:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. *Is 61:1, 2, 3. +*Je 23:5, 6. 33:14, 15. Ezk 17:22, 23, 24. *Ezk 34:23, 24. *Da 2:44. *Da 7:13, 14. +*Da 9:24, 25, 26, 27. Ho 1:7, 8, 9, 10, 11. *Ho 3:5. +*Joel 2:28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Am 9:11, 12. +*Mic 5:1, 2, 3, 4. *Hag 2:7, 8, 9. Zec 6:12, 13. 9:9. 11:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. *Zec 12:10. 13:7. *Zec 14:4. *Mal 3:1, 2, 3. 4:2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Ac 28:23. in the psalms. Ps chapter 2. +*Ps 16:9, 10, 11. Psalm chapter 22. 34:20. 40:6, 7, 8. 68:18. Psalm chapter 69. Ps 72:1-19. Psalm chapter 88. Ps 109:4-20. Psalm chapter 110. Ps 118:22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 132:11. +**Jn 5:39. +*Ac 17:2, 3. 1 P 1:11. *Re 19:10.
45. opened. T#1056. +*Ge 3:7. *Ex 4:11. Jb 33:16. 36:10. **Ps 119:18. Is 29:10, 11, 12. *Is 29:18. *Is 29:19. *Jn 2:22. *Ac 16:14. *Ac 26:18. 1 Cor 2:11. * 2 Cor 3:14, 15, 16, 17, 18. %*2 Cor 4:4, 5, 6. Ep 5:14. 1 J 5:20. Re 3:7. the scriptures. ver. 27, 32 (Luke 24:27, 32). Mt 21:42.