Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 458

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INSPIRATION ACCORDING TO THE

§ 77.

sense,

and without the

[Div. Ill

least indication of this subject,

it

im-

plies that this subject is the absolute subject in that circle.

In the state ^eypairTai expresses that something

is law ; and domain 'yiypainaL indicates that here God Since in this sense Jesus speaks, j)rophesies, or commands. of utterances from the Old again and again uses all sorts Testament as decisive arguments in His reasoning, it appears that Jesus viewed the Old Testament as having gone forth from this absolute subject, and therefore as being of imperial That Jesus really uses the Scripture of the Old authority. Testament in this way, as " judge of the cause " (index litis) appears, for instance, from Mark xii. 10 " And have ye not read even this Scripture ? " and then there follows a citation from Psalm cxviii. By Scripture here the Old Testament is not meant but to this definite utterance from Psalm cxviii.

in the spiritual

:

;

23 the character is attributed of being a Scripture. Likewise in Luke iv. 21, where, after having read a portion from Isaiah Ixi., He said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth, " To-day hath this Scrij^ture been fulfilled in your ears," by Scripture

He

does not refer to the Book, but to this particu-

and honors this utterance itself as ypacf)^. Whether, in John vii. 38, ypacfiij refers to the entire Scripture but we meet with or to a given text, cannot be determined a similar use of Scripture in John xiii. 18, where, in view of the coming betrayal by Judas, Jesus says " That the Script" He that eateth my ure may be fulfilled," and then adds bread lifted up his heel against me." Even though it does

lar utterance,

;

:

:

not read here

17

ypa(f)r] avrrj^ it is

the utterance itself to read,

called

very clear that here again otherwise it would need

ypacjyi],

Then ypa<p'q would now it must refer to the

ypacfirj r)TL<i \eyec.

17

Scripture

is

;

but not

Of yeypairrai or

now

;

refer to the

text quoted.

no separate proof,

of yeypafifxevov this needs

no doubt. When, in Matt, 4 and the following verses, Jesus places each time His " it

since these expressions admit of iv. is

written " over against the temptation,

it

implies of itself

that Jesus not merely quotes, but appeals to an authority

which puts an end

to all contradiction.

position the appeal to Deut.

viii.

3, etc.,

Without

this sup-

has no meaning.

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