"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?

But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,

In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?"

"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?

If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled)

"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Unable to agree among themselves, they at last left him, but not before Paul had spoken a parting word to them, saying, "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your forefathers through the Prophet Isaiah:

The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that in consequence of faith God would declare the nations to be free from guilt, sent beforehand the Good News to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."

For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,

For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

And in the written word of prophecy we have something more permanent; to which you do well to pay attention--as to a lamp shining in a dimly-lighted place--until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

And is

and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

And He Himself appointed some to be Apostles, some to be Prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

For doctrine

But you have intimately known my teaching, life, aims, faith, patience, love, resignation,

For instruction

He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth

"Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

He had been instructed by word of mouth in the way of the Lord, and, being full of burning zeal, he used to speak and teach accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John's.

a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

General references

There were also a great number of other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record for his sake only;