![]() ![]() ![]() These “echoes” of Scripture that Luke weaves into his Gospel can easily be overlooked by the reader unfamiliar with the Old Testament. ![]() He then looks at several key texts throughout Luke’s narrative where Old Testament Scripture is explicitly quoted, but more often is subtly hinted at or alluded to. This striking admission from Jesus becomes the starting point for Hays’ discussion. Here we see Jesus explains how the Old Testament, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,” points to and is ultimately fulfilled in him (Luke 24:27). ![]() Hays begins by looking at Jesus’ post-resurrection encounter with the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). While he makes an equally forceful case for each of the four gospels in the book, I thought it would be beneficial to focus on Luke’s account since we have been going through his Gospel as a church. In his outstanding book, Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels, Richard Hays persuasively argues that a careful reading of Luke’s Gospel shows that Jesus is Israel’s Lord and one true God come in the flesh. ![]()
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