![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It encourages us to read to Bible carefully. To be sure, a mindset of intertextuality not only draws our attention to passages in which the New Testament quotes the Old, but more than this, it is also a great way of studying Scripture for the following reasons:ġ. All this is missed by those who do not detect Psalm 22 behind Jesus’s words! Five Reasons to Read the Bible Intertextually It speaks of all the ends of the earth returning to the Lord and nations worshipping before him. Moreover, the Psalm continues more optimistically. That Psalm speaks of a righteous sufferer whose opponents deride him and gamble over his garments things that were happening right there and then. But to the person who is sensitive to intertextuality, and knows Scripture well, Jesus is quoting the beginning of Psalm 22. To a person who is not well informed, this cry sounds like an expression of disappointment with God. A famous example of this is when Jesus made his famous cry on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you have forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46 Mark 15:34). ![]()
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