Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"

Jesus said to them, "Is this not where you go wrong? ??you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

"My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

As they could not agree among themselves, they were turning to go away, when Paul added this one word: "It was an apt word that the holy Spirit spoke by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

Much in every way. This to begin with ??Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.

Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice,

For the Logos of God is a living thing, active and more cutting than any sword with double edge, penetrating to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow ??scrutinizing the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts ??20 understanding this, at the outset, that no prophetic scripture allows a man to interpret it by himself;

And is

how I never shrank from letting you know anything for your good, or from teaching you alike in public and from house to house,

Each receives his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

For doctrine

Now you have followed my teaching, my practice, my aims, my faith, my patience, my love, my stedfastness,

For instruction

he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and he preached and taught about Jesus with ardour and accuracy, though all the baptism he knew was that of John.

a tutor for the foolish, a teacher of the simple, because in the Law you have the embodiment of knowledge and truth ??21 well then, do you ever teach yourself, you teacher of other people? You preach against stealing; do you steal?

General references

Many another Sign did Jesus perform in presence of his disciples, which is not recorded in this book;

And these words counted to him have not been written for him alone