Links to the Old Testament
The adoration of the Magi
- Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush then forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
- Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
- Psalms 72:10-15 May the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute, the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. May all kings bow before him, all nations serve him. For he rescues the poor when they cry out, the oppressed who have no one to help. He shows pity to the needy and the poor and saves the lives of the poor. From extortion and violence, he redeems them, for precious is their blood in his sight. Long may he live, receiving gold from Sheba, prayed for without cease, blessed day by day.
- Isaiah 60:6 A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come, They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.
- Exodus 2:15 When Pharoah heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled form Pharoah and stayed in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
- Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son.
- Jeremiah 31:15 (Rachel’s Lament). Thus, says the Lord; “A voice is heard in Raman, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
- Genesis 35: 19 So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem),
- Exodus 4:19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian: Go back to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
- Isaiah 11:1; 53:2 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots…For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
- Isaiah 40: 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God…”
- 2Kings 1:8; 2:8-13 They answered him, “He wore a garment of haircloth, with a girdle of leather about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” …The Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and tom the other, till the two of them could go over on dry land. When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I pray you, let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be so for you; but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” And as they still went on and talked behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.
- Ezekiel 1:1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth moth, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
- Gen 22:2 He said, “take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
- Ps 2:7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my son, today I have begotten you.”
- Is 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations.
- Ex 34:28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- 1 Kings 19:8 He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.
- Gen 3:1-7 The serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ “ But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they know that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Is 57:15; 61:1 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite…” The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted, he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Ps 126:6 He that goes forth weeping, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
Is 61:2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
Blessed are meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Ps 37:11 But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Ps 24:3-4; Ps 51:10 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully; Create in me a clean heart, O God , and put a new and right spirit within me.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Sir 4:11 Wisdom exalts her sons and gives help to those who seek her.
Ex 20:13 You shall not kill.
Laws concerning homicide:
Ex 21:12 Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
Deut 5:17 You shall not kill.
Lev 24:17 You shall not wrong one another, but shall fear you God; for I am the Lord your God.
Matthew 5:17-38 Jesus and his teaching, the fullness of the Law
Ex 20:14 You shall not commit adultery.
Deut 5:18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
Job 31:1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look at a virgin?
Deut 24:1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favour in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,
Lev 19:12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Num 30:3-5 Or when a woman vows a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father’s house, in her youth, and her father fears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself, and says nothing to her; then all her vows shall stand. But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears of it, no vows of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself, shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father opposed her.
Deut 23:22 But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.
Sir 23:9-10 Do not accustom your mouth to oaths, and do not habitually utter the name of the Holy One; for as a servant who is continually examined under torture will not lack bruises, so also the man who always swears and utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
Is 66:1 Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
Ps 11:4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.
Ps 48:1-2 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.
Ex 21:24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Lev 24:19-20 When a man causes a disfigurement in his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has disfigured a man, he shall be disfigured.
Is 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Lev 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Sir 4:10 Be like a father to orphans, and instead of a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
Lev 11:44 For I am the Lord your God; Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am Holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.
Lev 19:2 Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am Holy.
