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Recognising veiled allusions to the Old Testament in the four Gospels has long contributed to our understanding of the Gospels message.
Nicholas Lunn takes the investigation of allusion a significant step further in The Gospels Through Old Testament Eyes. He explores allusions not just in isolated verses, but rather occurring throughout whole passages, demonstrating that many Gospel episodes interact with specific Old Testament accounts through an extended sequence of allusions. Furthermore, his examination is not restricted to episodes presented by a single Gospel, but includes allusions distributed across two or more Gospel treatments of the same event.
In The Gospels Through Old Testament Eyes, Lunn offers a series of self-contained studies that bring to light allusions, many of them previously unnoted, that affirm the intricate interweaving of New Testament texts with those of the Old. This volume will greatly enhance your appreciation of the Gospels' presentation of Jesus's life and ministry. It will inform and equip scholars, pastors, preachers, Bible teachers and readers to appreciate new depths in the Gospels.
List of abbreviations ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Mary the mother of Christ 16
3 The decree of Caesar Augustus 24
4 The birth of Christ 30
5 The baby in a manger 36
6 The flight into Egypt 44
7 The baptism and temptation 51
8 The Sermon on the Mount 61
9 Calming the storm 67
10 The feeding of the multitude 72
11 Walking on the water 87
12 The Syro-Phoenician woman 97
13 The transfiguration 106
14 The parable of the rich fool 123
15 The woman taken in adultery 127
16 The conversion of Zacchaeus 140
17 Jesus comes to Jerusalem 144
18 The parable of the wicked tenants 151
19 The last supper 156
20 Gethsemane 1 161
21 Gethsemane 2 170
22 Peter's denials 184
23 The trial and crucifixion 1 189
24 The trial and crucifixion 2 205
25 The two thieves 211
26 Resurrection appearances in the synoptic Gospels 214
27 The burial and the empty tomb 229
28 Jesus appears to Mary 240
29 Jesus appears on the eighth day 247
30 Jesus appears by the Sea of Galilee 255
31 Conclusion 261
Bibliography 263
Scripture acknowledgments 275
Index of Scripture references 277