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20 Bible Verses About Jesus, in the Order the New Testament Makes the Claims

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Summary

  • Mark says the disciples were filled with great fear after the storm stopped, and asked who Jesus was (Mark 4:41).
  • Firstborn in Colossians 1:15 is a rank rather than a date, and Paul settles it in the next verse.
  • “It is finished” is one word in Greek, tetelestai, the same verb John uses two verses earlier (John 19:28).
  • Paul applies Isaiah’s passage about every knee bowing to the Lord directly to Jesus, without comment.
  • Matthew opens with a name meaning God with us and closes with Jesus saying it himself.

Scripture answers the question of who this man is in stages, from before creation to the right hand of God. After Jesus calmed the storm, Mark says, the disciples “were filled with great fear” and asked, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” (Mark 4:41). The New Testament answers in order: what was true before creation, what he became, what he said about himself, what he did, where he is now, and what is…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Paul settles the sense of “firstborn” at Colossians 1:16-17.

The seven “I am” sayings with a predicate are at John 6:35, 8:12, 10:7, 10:11, 11:25, 14:6 and 15:1; the saying without one is at John 8:58.

The vine as a national emblem appears on Hasmonean coinage and over the temple gate, as described by Josephus.

Tetelestai at John 19:30 is attested on receipts of the period meaning “paid in full”.

Philippians 2:10-11 quotes Isaiah 45:23. Peter answers the delay at 2 Peter 3:8-9.

The cushion Jesus was asleep on is at Mark 4:38.

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