The disciples didn't think so, it's the foundation of what they wrote about.
Even two disciples on the Emmaus road learned the lesson. Jesus explained and began “at Moses and all the prophets... and expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself” (Luke 24: 27).
Below are just a few of the other examples like a window into the Word of God.
| Gospel Reference | |
|---|---|
| Matthew 1:23 | Isaiah 7:14 |
| Matthew 2:6 | Micah 5:2 |
| Matthew 2:15 | Hosea 11:1 |
| Matthew 2:18 | Jeremiah 31:15 |
| Matthew 3:3 | Isaiah 40:3 |
| Matthew 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 |
| Matthew 4:6 | Psalm 91:11; 12 |
| Matthew 4:7 | Deuteronomy 6:16 |
| Matthew 4:10 | Deuteronomy 6:13 |
| Matthew 4:10 | Deuteronomy 10:20 |
| Matthew 4:15-16 | Isaiah 9:1; 2 |
| Matthew 4:15-16 | Isaiah 42:7 |
| Matthew 5:5 | Psalm 37:11 |
| Matthew 5:21 | Exodus 20:13 |
| Matthew 5:21 | Deuteronomy 5:17 |
| Matthew 5:27 | Exodus 20:14 |
| Matthew 5:27 | Deuteronomy 5:18 |
| Matthew 5:31 | Deuteronomy 24:1 |
| Matthew 5:33 | Exodus 20:7 |
| Matthew 5:33 | Leviticus 19:12 |
| Matthew 5:38 | Exodus 21:24 |
| Matthew 5:38 | Leviticus 24:20 |
| Matthew 5:38 | Deuteronomy 19:21 |
| Matthew 5:43 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 5:48 | Genesis 17:1 |
| Matthew 7:23 | Psalm 6:8 |
| Matthew 8:4 | Leviticus 14:2-3 |
| Matthew 8:17 | Isaiah 53:4 |
| Matthew 9:13 | Hosea 6:6 |
| Matthew 10:35-36 | Micah 7:6 |
| Matthew 11:5 | Isaiah 35:5 |
| Matthew 11:5 | Isaiah 29:18 |
| Matthew 11:10 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Matthew 11:14 | Malachi 4:5 |
| Matthew 12:3 | 1Samuel 21:6 |
| Matthew 12:5 | Numbers 28:9-10 |
| Matthew 12:7 | Hosea 6:6 |
| Matthew 12:18 | Isaiah 42:1 |
| Matthew 12:18-21 | Isaiah 42:1-4 |
| Matthew 12:40 | Jonah 1:17 |
| Matthew 12:42 | 1Kings 10:1 |
| Matthew 13:14 | Isaiah 6:9-10 |
| Matthew 13:35 | Psalm 78:2 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Deuteronomy 5:16 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Exodus 21:17 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Leviticus 20:9 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Proverbs 20:20 |
| Matthew 15:8-9 | Isaiah 29:13 |
| Matthew 16:4 | Jonah 1:17 |
| Matthew 17:10 | Malachi 4:5 |
| Matthew 18:15 | Leviticus 19:17 |
| Matthew 18:16 | Leviticus 19:15 |
| Matthew 18:16 | Deuteronomy 19:15 |
| Matthew 19:4 | Genesis 1:27 |
| Matthew 19:5 | Genesis 2:24 |
| Matthew 19:7 | Deuteronomy 24:1 |
| Matthew 19:18 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Matthew 19:19 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 19:26 | Jeremiah 32:17 |
| Matthew 21:5 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| Matthew 21:9 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Matthew 21:13 | Isaiah 56:7 |
| Matthew 21:13 | Jeremiah 7:11 |
| Matthew 21:16 | Psalm 8:2 |
| Matthew 21:33 | Isaiah 5:1 |
| Matthew 21:42 | Psalm 118:22-23 |
| Matthew 21:44 | Isaiah 8:14 |
| Matthew 21:44 | Zechariah 12:3 |
| Matthew 21:44 | Daniel 2:34-35 |
| Matthew 22:24 | Deuteronomy 25:5 |
| Matthew 22:32 | Exodus 3:6 |
| Matthew 22:37 | Deuteronomy 6:5 |
| Matthew 22:39 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 22:44 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Matthew 23:35 | Genesis 4:8 |
| Matthew 23:35 | 2Chronicles 24:21-22 |
| Matthew 23:38 | Psalm 69:25 |
| Matthew 23:38 | Jeremiah 12:7 |
| Matthew 23:38 | Jeremiah 22:5 |
| Matthew 23:39 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Matthew 24:15 | Daniel 9:27 |
| Matthew 24:15 | Daniel 8:13 |
| Matthew 24:15 | Daniel 11:31 |
| Matthew 24:15 | Daniel 12:11 |
| Matthew 24:21 | Jeremiah 30:7 |
| Matthew 24:29 | Isaiah 13:9-10 |
| Matthew 24:29 | Joel 2:10 |
| Matthew 24:29 | Joel 3:15 |
| Matthew 24:29 | Ezekiel 32:7 |
| Matthew 24:35 | Isaiah 51:16 |
| Matthew 24:37 | Genesis 7:4 |
| Matthew 25:41 | Psalm 6:8 |
| Matthew 26:24 | Psalm 22:1-31 |
| Matthew 26:31 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| Matthew 26:60 | Psalm 35:11 |
| Matthew 26:67 | Isaiah 50:6 |
| Matthew 27:9-10 | Zechariah 11:13 |
| Matthew 27:35 | Psalm 22:18 |
| Matthew 27:43 | Psalm 22:7-9 |
| Matthew 27:46 | Psalm 22:1 |
| Matthew 28:18 | Daniel 7:14 |
| Mark 1:2; 3 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Mark 1:2; 3 | Isaiah 40:3 |
| Mark 1:44 | Leviticus 14:2 |
| Mark 2:25-26 | 1Samuel 21:6 |
| Mark 4:12 | Isaiah 6:9 |
| Mark 7:6; 7 | Isaiah 29:13 |
| Mark 7:10 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Mark 7:10 | Deuteronomy 5:16 |
| Mark 7:10 | Exodus 21:17 |
| Mark 7:10 | Proverbs 20:20 |
| Mark 9:11 | Malachi 4:5 |
| Mark 9:44 | Isaiah 66:24 |
| Mark 10:4 | Deuteronomy 24:1 |
| Mark 10:6 | Genesis 1:27 |
| Mark 10:7 | Genesis 2:24 |
| Mark 10:19 | Exodus 20:12; 13-14 |
| Mark 11:9 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Mark 11:17 | Isaiah 56:7 |
| Mark 11:17 | Jeremiah 7:11 |
| Mark 12:1 | Isaiah 5:1 |
| Mark 12:10-11 | Psalm 118:22; 23 |
| Mark 12:19 | Deuteronomy 25:5 |
| Mark 12:26 | Exodus 3:6 |
| Mark 12:29-30 | Deuteronomy 6:4-5 |
| Mark 12:31 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Mark 12:33 | 1Samuel 15:22 |
| Mark 12:36 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Mark 13:5 | Jeremiah 29:8 |
| Mark 13:12 | Micah 7:6 |
| Mark 13:14 | Daniel 9:27 |
| Mark 13:14 | Daniel 8:13 |
| Mark 13:14 | Daniel 11:31 |
| Mark 13:14 | Daniel 12:11 |
| Mark 13:24 | Isaiah 13:9; 10 |
| Mark 13:24 | Joel 3:15 |
| Mark 13:31 | Isaiah 40:8 |
| Mark 14:27 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| Mark 15:28 | Isaiah 53:12 |
| Mark 15:34 | Psalm 22:1 |
| Luke 1:10 | Leviticus 16:17 |
| Luke 1:17 | Malachi 4:5; 6 |
| Luke 1:32 | Psalm 132:11 |
| Luke 1:33 | Micah 4:7 |
| Luke 1:33 | Daniel 4:3 |
| Luke 1:55 | Genesis 22:18 |
| Luke 1:55 | Genesis 17:19 |
| Luke 1:73 | Genesis 22:16 |
| Luke 1:73 | Genesis 12:3 |
| Luke 1:78 | Numbers 24:17 |
| Luke 1:78 | Malachi 4:2 |
| Luke 1:79 | Isaiah 9:2 |
| Luke 2:21-22 | Leviticus 12:3; 4 |
| Luke 2:23 | Exodus 13:2 |
| Luke 2:24 | Leviticus 12:8 |
| Luke 2:34 | Isaiah 8:14; 15 |
| Luke 3:4-6 | Isaiah 40:3; 4; 5 |
| Luke 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 |
| Luke 4:8 | Deuteronomy 6:13 |
| Luke 4:8 | Deuteronomy 10:20 |
| Luke 4:10-11 | Psalm 91:11; 12 |
| Luke 4:12 | Deuteronomy 6:16 |
| Luke 4:18-19 | Isaiah 61:1; 2 |
| Luke 4:25-26 | 1Kings 17:1; 9 |
| Luke 4:25-26 | 1Kings 18:1; 2 |
| Luke 4:27 | 2Kings 5:14 |
| Luke 5:14 | Leviticus 14:2 |
| Luke 6:3-4 | 1Samuel 21:6 |
| Luke 6:24 | Amos 6:1 |
| Luke 7:27 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Luke 8:10 | Isaiah 6:9 |
| Luke 10:4 | 2Kings 4:29 |
| Luke 10:27 | Deuteronomy 6:5 |
| Luke 10:27 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Luke 10:28 | Leviticus 18:5 |
| Luke 11:30 | Jonah 1:17 |
| Luke 11:30 | Jonah 3:1-10 |
| Luke 11:30 | Jonah 4:1-11 |
| Luke 11:31 | 2Kings 10:1 |
| Luke 11:51 | Genesis 4:8 |
| Luke 11:51 | 2Chronicles 24:21-22 |
| Luke 13:27 | Psalm 6:8 |
| Luke 13:35 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Luke 13:35 | Jeremiah 12:7 |
| Luke 13:35 | Jeremiah 22:5 |
| Luke 14:8 | Proverbs 25:6 |
| Luke 14:26 | Micah 7:6 |
| Luke 17:3 | Leviticus 19:17 |
| Luke 17:27 | Genesis 7:7 |
| Luke 17:29 | Genesis 19:16 |
| Luke 17:32 | Genesis 19:26 |
| Luke 18:20 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Luke 18:20 | Deuteronomy 5:17-18 |
| Luke 19:46 | Isaiah 56:7 |
| Luke 19:46 | Jeremiah 7:11 |
| Luke 20:9 | Isaiah 5:1 |
| Luke 20:17 | Psalm 118:22; 23 |
| Luke 20:18 | Isaiah 8:14 |
| Luke 20:18 | Zechariah 12:3 |
| Luke 20:18 | Daniel 2:44 |
| Luke 20:28 | Deuteronomy 25:5 |
| Luke 20:37 | Exodus 3:6 |
| Luke 20:42-43 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Luke 22:37 | Isaiah 53:12 |
| Luke 23:29 | Isaiah 54:1 |
| Luke 23:30 | Hosea 10:8 |
| Luke 23:46 | Psalm 31:5 |
| Luke 24:46 | Isaiah 53:5 |
| John 1:1-5 | Genesis 1:1-5 |
| John 1:23 | Isaiah 40:3 |
| John 1:51 | Genesis 28:12 |
| John 2:17 | Psalm 69:9 |
| John 3:14 | Numbers 21:8-9 |
| John 4:37 | Micah 6:15 |
| John 6:31 | Psalm 78:24 |
| John 6:31 | Exodus 16:15 |
| John 6:45 | Isaiah 54:13 |
| John 6:49 | Exodus 16:15 |
| John 7:22 | Leviticus 12:3 |
| John 7:38 | Isaiah 55:1 |
| John 7:38 | Isaiah 58:11 |
| John 7:38 | Isaiah 44:3 |
| John 7:38 | Zechariah 13:1 |
| John 7:38 | Zechariah 14:8 |
| John 7:38 | Proverbs 18:4 |
| John 7:38 | Isaiah 12:3 |
| John 7:39 | Isaiah 44:3 |
| John 7:42 | Psalm 89:4 |
| John 7:42 | Psalm 132:11 |
| John 7:42 | Micah 5:1; 2 |
| John 8:5 | Leviticus 20:10 |
| John 8:5 | Deuteronomy 22:21 |
| John 8:17 | Deuteronomy 19:15 |
| John 9:31 | Psalm 82:6 |
| John 10:34 | Psalm 82:6 |
| John 12:13 | Psalm 118:26 |
| John 12:14-15 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| John 12:34 | 2Samuel 7:13 |
| John 12:34 | Psalm 89:30; 37 |
| John 12:34 | Psalm 110:4 |
| John 12:34 | Isaiah 9:7 |
| John 12:38 | Isaiah 53:1 |
| John 12:40 | Isaiah 6:9 |
| John 12:49 | Deuteronomy 18:18 |
| John 13:18 | Psalm 41:9 |
| John 15:25 | Psalm 69:4 |
| John 15:25 | Psalm 109:3 |
| John 15:25 | Psalm 35:19 |
| John 17:12 | Psalm 41:10 |
| John 17:12 | Psalm 109:8; 17 |
| John 19:24 | Psalm 22:19 |
| John 19:28 | Psalm 69:21 |
| John 19:36 | Exodus 12:46 |
| John 19:36 | Psalm 34:20 |
| John 19:36 | Numbers 9:12 |
| John 19:37 | Zechariah 12:10 |
| John 20:9 | Psalm 16:10 |
| John 20:17 | Psalm 22:22 |
