This Month's Subject: What the Bible Says About Itself

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The subject worked out for this month is—What the Bible says about itself. We regret that, owing to the incomplete manner in which the method for working out the subject was indicated, the papers sent in by the class have almost all been arranged on different plans, and we have found it impossible in the short space of time available, to prepare anything like a satisfactory result. Instead, therefore, of printing a paper which- would have been in all respects incomplete, we have thought it advisable to limit the subject, and to present our readers with a result which, though much less extended than the original one proposed, will we trust be found interesting. It may be styled a list of the events in the Old Testament which are alluded to, and of passages whose authorship is confirmed by the New Testament.
The papers sent in as illustrating the connection between various parts of the Old Testament are reserved for the present, and we hope to present our readers at no distant time with a result in part derived from them.
In addition to the passages referred to below, we would commend to the attention of all, those direct quotations which are prefaced by the words “It is written, “and would especially point out also that very many passages quoted from the Psalms and Prophets are introduced with the words “He (i.e. God) saith.”
Genesis
1:1
Creation of the world
Hebrews 11:3, Colossians 1:16
1:3
Light
2 Corinthians 4:6
1:8
Heavens
2 Pet. 3:5
2:7
Creation of Adam
1 Corinthians 15:45
2:2
God’s rest
Hebrews 4:4
2:22
Woman formed
1 Corinthians 11:9
2:24
Marriage instituted
Matthew 19:4, 5, Mark 10:7
3
Adam’s sin
Romans 5:12
 
Eve first deceived
2 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Timothy 2:14
3:16
Woman to be in subjection
1 Corinthians 14:34
3:19
The consequences of the fall
Rom 5:14
4
Abel’s sacrifice and faith
Hebrews 11:4
 
His death
Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:51
 
Cain’s wickedness
1 John 3:12, Jude 11
5:24
Enoch’s faith
Hebrews 11:5, his testimony Jude 14
6-9
History of Noah and the flood
Matthew 24:37-39, Luke 17:27, Hebrews 11:7, 1 Pet. 3:20, 2 Pet. 2:5
12-24
Call of Abraham and summary of his history
Acts 7:2-8, Hebrews 11:8
14:18-24
Melchisedec
Hebrews 7:1
14:6
Abraham’s faith
Rom 4:3, 19, 20, Galatians 3:6
17:2
The covenant made to him
Luke 1:73, Acts 3:25, Hebrews 6:13
10
Circumcision
Romans 4:11
19
Promise in Isaac
Romans 9:7, Gal 3:8
18:12
Sarah’s subjection
1 Pet. 3:6
19
Wickedness and destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Matthew 10:15, 11:24, Mark 4:11, Luke 17:29, 2 Pet. 2:6, Jude 7
26
Lot’s wife
Luke 17:32
29
His deliverance
2 Pet. 2:7
21:1-21
History of Ishmael and Isaac
Galatians 4:22-30
12
Isaac the chosen seed
Romans 9:7
22
Abraham’s faith in offering Isaac
Hebrews 11:17, 20, James 2:21
25:22-23
Esau and Jacob, Jacob the chosen seed
Romans 9:13
27:27-40
The blessing of Jacob and Esau
Hebrews 11:20
37-47
History of Joseph
Acts 7:9-16
48:5-20
Jacob’s faith in blessing Joseph’s sons
Hebrews 11:21
50:24-25
Joseph’s charge concerning his bones
Hebrews 12:22
Exodus
1-15 The bondage in Egypt and the deliverance Acts 7:17-37, 13:17, Hebrews 11:23-28, Jude 5
 
 
3:6
God’s appearing to Moses in the bush
Matthew 22:32, Mark 12:26, Luke 20:37, John 9:29
7:3
Pharaoh’s hardness of heart
Romans 9:17
10:11
The opposition of the magicians
2 Timothy 3:8
12:14
The Passover and feast of unleavened bread
Matthew 26:17, 1 Corinthians 5:8
13:12
The setting apart of the firstborn
Luke 2:23
14
The passage of the Red Sea
1 Corinthians 10:2
16:15
The giving of Manna
John 6:31, 1 Corinthians 10:3
17:6
Water from the rock
1 Corinthians 10:4
19:13
The mount that might be touched
Hebrews 12:20
19:25
The law given by Moses
John 7:19, Acts 7:38
 
By the disposition of the angels
Psalms 68:17, Galatians 3:19
20:12
The fifth commandment
Matthew 15:4, Mark 7:10, Eph 6:2
20:13
The sixth commandment
Matthew 5:21
20:14
The seventh commandment
Matt 5:27
21:17
He that curseth father or mother
Matthew 15:4, Mark 7:10
21:24
An eye for an eye
Matthew 5:38
24:6
The first (or old) covenant
Hebrews 8, 9:19-21
25-31
The Tabernacle and its contents
Acts 7:44, Hebrews 8:9
32
The sin of the golden calf
Acts 7:39-43, 1 Corinthians 10:7
34:30-35
The veil on Moses’ face
2 Corinthians 3:7-18
Leviticus
12The purification of women
Luke 2:22
 
 
12:3
Circumcision
John 7:22
14:1-31
The offering to be made by a cleansed leper
Matthew 8:4, Mark 1:44, Luke 5:14
16:27
The bodies of the bests of sin offering burned without the camp
Hebrews 13:11
34
The annual sin offering
Hebrews 10:1
18:5
The promise to those who kept the commandments
Rom 10:5
19:12
False swearing forbidden
Matthew 5:33
18
Love to one’s neighbor enjoined
Matthew 5:43, James 2:8
20:10
The penalty for adultery
John 8:5
23:34
Feast of Tabernacles
John 7:2
Numbers
12:7 Moses’ faithfulness
Hebrews 3:2
 
 
14:29
Many overthrown in the wilderness
1 Corinthians 10:5, Hebrews 3:16,17
16
Korah’s sin
Jude 11
18:21
Tithes given to the Levites
Hebrews 7:5
21:8,9
The brazen serpent
John 3:14, 1 Corinthians 10:9
22-24
The history of Balaam
2 Pet. 2:15, Jude 2, Revelation 2:14
28:9
Offerings to be made on the Sabbath
Matthew 12:5
35:30
Two witnesses required
Heb 10:28
Deuteronomy
8:2The forty years wandering
Acts 13:17,18
 
 
24:1
Divorce permitted
Matthew 5:31, 19:7, Mark 10:4
24:4
The ox that trod the corn not to be muzzled
1 Corinthians 9:9
25:5
The law of the brothers’ wife
Matthew 22:23-30, Mark 12:19-23, Luke 20 28-36
Joshua
2
Rahab’s faith
James 2:25
6
The capture of Jericho
Hebrews 11:30
11
Destruction of the nations of Canaan
Acts 13:19
11:23
The rest
Hebrews 4:8
Judges
2:16
Judges given
Acts 13:20
4-17
Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah
Hebrews 11:32
1 Samuel
10:1Saul anointed king
Acts 13:21
 
 
16:13
David anointed instead of Saul
Acts 13:22
21:6
David eating hallowed bread
Matthew 12:3, 14; Mark 2:25, 26; Luke 3:14
21:6
David, Samuel
Hebrews 11:32
2 Samuel
7David’s desire to build a house of God
Acts 7:46
 
 
1 Kings
7 Solomon’s temple
Acts 7:47
 
 
10:1-13
Visit of the queen of Sheba
Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31
14-29
Solomon’s glory
Matthew 6:29; Luke 12:27
17-18
Three years’ drought
Luke 4:25; James 5:17
17:8-16
The widow of Zarephath
Luke 4:26
19:1-10
Elijah’s despair
Romans 11:3
2 Kings
1 Elijah calling down fire
Luke 9:54
 
 
5
Naaman
Luke 4:27
24-14
Babylonian Captivity
Matthew 1:17
1 Chronicles
24David appoints courses of priests
Luke 1:5
 
 
2 Chronicles
24:20-21
Murder of Zacharias
Matthew 23:35; Luke 11:51
 
 
Job
His patience
James 5:11
 
 
Psalms
2:1,2Ascribed to David
Acts 4:25
 
 
16:8-11
Ascribed to David
Acts 2:25
32:1
Ascribed to David
Romans 4:7
41:9
Ascribed to David
Acts 1:16
69:22, 23
Ascribed to David
Romans 11:9
95:7
Ascribed to David
Hebrews 3:7; 4:7
110:1
Ascribed to David
Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34
Isaiah
1:9
Ascribed to Isaiah
Romans 9:29
 
 
6:9
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 13:14; John 12:40; Acts 28:25-27
9:1,2
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 4:15
10:22
Ascribed to Isaiah
Romans 9:27
11:10
Ascribed to Isaiah
Romans 15:12
29:13
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 15:7; Mark 7:6
40:3
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23
42:1
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 12:18
53:1
Ascribed to Isaiah
John 12:38; Romans 10:16
4
Ascribed to Isaiah
Matthew 8:17
7-8
Ascribed to Isaiah
Acts 8:32,33
61:1
Ascribed to Isaiah
Luke 4:18,19
65:1,2
Ascribed to Isaiah
Romans 10:20
7:14
Quoted as being said by the prophet
Matthew 1:23
Jeremiah
31:15Ascribed to Jeremiah
Matthew 2:18
 
 
Daniel
12:11The abomination of desolation
Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14
 
 
Hosea
2:23Ascribed to Hosea
Romans 9:25
 
 
11:1
Quoted as being spoken by the prophet
Matt 2:15
Joel
2:28Ascribed to Joel
Acts 2:16
 
 
Jonah
His history, and the repentance of Ninevah
Matthew 12:39-41, 16:4; Luke 11:30
 
 
Micah
5:2
Quoted as being spoken by the prophet
Matthew 2:6
 
 
Malachi
4:5
The coming of Elias
Matthew 11:14, 17:10; Mark 9:11-13
 
 
3:1
Quoted as being spoken by the prophet
Mark 1:2
In Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38 reference is made to persons whose names occur in all the historical books of the Old Testament.
Different titles under which the Old Testament Scriptures are spoken of as testifying of Christ; The Scriptures of the prophets, Matthew 26:56.
The prophets, Luke 18:31.
Moses and the prophets, and all the Scriptures, Luke 24:27.
The law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, Luke 24:44.
Moses in the law and the prophets, John 1:45—
The law of Moses and the prophets, Acts 28:23.
Moses, John 5:46.
The prophets from Samuel, Acts 3:24.
The law and the prophets, Acts 24:14.
The prophets in the Holy Scriptures, Romans 1:2.
The Spirit of Christ was in the Old Testament prophets, 1 Peter 1:11.
They spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Peter 1:21.