Sentences with phrase «jesus about his prediction»

The disciples question Jesus about his prediction, and his response is the discourse proper.

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Jesus was speaking to the disciples about his prediction of his death.

Chapter 7 deals with a famous textual issue of whether David actually killed Goliath or not (cf. 2 Sam 21:19), and chapter 8 makes the case that Jesus was wrong in many of His predictions about the future.

After this, Jesus makes several predictions about how God will turn to a people who will not reject Him, and how Jerusalem and the Temple will be destroyed (cf. Matt 13:41 - 43; 16:1 - 4; 21:18 - 19, 42 - 46; 22:1 - 14; 24:1 - 2).

lt is unlikely that the high priests would have taken Jesus» prediction of His resurrection seriously, even if they had known about it: after all, the disciples themselves were surprised by it.

Just as Peter missed the point of the first prediction of suffering and death, so James and John here completely misunderstand the nature of the of an earthly nature of the kingdom Jesus has been talking about.

Jesus» prediction was about setting Peter up to learn an important lesson, not to make a point about what God knows about the future.

Joel undoubtedly did not consciously have in mind the coming of Jesus Christ, but his predictions about the sun turning to darkness and the moon to blood are associated in the New Testament with the glorious advent of Christ (Mark 13:24; Luke 21:25; Rev. 6:12).

To give just three examples, there would seem to be legitimate doubts about such passages as John the Baptist's recognition of Jesus as the Messiah, Jesus saying to Peter «on this rock I will build my church;» and Jesus» very specific predictions of his death and resurrection.

Ah, and we come full - circle to my original statement:» — Jesus (if he existed) and all of the writers of the gospels read (or knew about) those predictions.

- Jesus (if he existed) and all of the writers of the gospels read (or knew about) those predictions.

Before the New Testament was put together, from the oral traditions about Jesus and the letters and other material known in the primitive Christian community, appeal was made to the Old Testament, that is the Jewish Scriptures, for predictions of and a way for interpreting the significance of Jesus.