Citations and Allusions about the Divine Applied to Christ
Below is a list, not to be considered exhaustive, of divinity from the Old Testament and the Deuterocanon applied in some form or fashion to Christ in the New Testament.
Matthew 8:26 (Psa 89:9); Matthew 13:14-15 (Isa 6:9-10); Matthew 16:27 (Psa 62:12); Matthew 18:20 (later traditions about Shekinah); Matthew 21:16 (Psa 8:2[3]); Matthew 21:44 (Isa 8:14-15; Zec 2:10; Zec 13:7 and Dan 7:13-14); Matthew 23:37 (Psa 91:4); Matthew 24:29 (Isa 13:10); Matthew 24:35 (Isa 40:8); Matthew 25:31-46 (Zec 14:5; Deu 32:39-43; and Dan 7:22); Matthew 25:32 (Joe 3:1-12 and Eze 34:17); Matthew 27:9 (Zec 11:3);
Mar 1:17 (Jer 16:16); Mark 8:38 (Zec 14:5); Mark 13:31 (Isa 40:8);
Luke 10:19 (Psa 91:13); Luke 13:34-35 (Psa 91:4); Luke 19:10 (Eze 34:16, 22); Luke 20:17 (Psa 118:22); Luke 20:18-19 (Isa 8:14-15; Zec 12:10; Zec 13:7; Dan 2:34-35, Dan 2:44-45; Dan 7:13-14); Luke 21:33 (Isa 40:3);
John 10:28 (Wis 3:1; cf Deu 32:39); John 12:38 (Isa 53:1); John 12:41 (Isa 6:1);
Acts 2:21 (Joe 2:32); Acts 18:10 (compare Jos 1:9; Isa 41:10; Isa 43:5; Jer 1:8);
Romans 9:31-32 (Psa 25:3); Romans 9:33 (Isa 8:14-15); Romans 10:13 (Joe 2:32); Romans 10:16 (Isa 53:1);
1st Corinthians 1:8 (transfer of the Old Testament day-of-the-LORD idea to day of the Lord Jesus); 1st Corinthians 1:31 (Jer 9:22-23); 1st Corinthians 2:16 (Isa 40:13); 1st Corinthians 10:4 (Exo 17:6; cf. Num 20:7-11; and Psa 78:15-16); 1st Corinthians 10:9 (Psa 78:18 and Num 21:5-6); 1st Corinthians 10:21 (Mal 1:7, Mal 1:12); 1st Corinthians 10:22 (Deu 32:21); 1st Corinthians 10:26 (Psa 24:1); 2nd Corinthians 3:16 (Exo 34:34);
2nd Corinthians 5:10 (Ecc 12:14); 2nd Corinthians 8:21 (Pro 3:4 LXX); 2nd Corinthians 10:17 (Jer 9:22-23);
Eph 4:8 (Psa 68:19); Ephesians 6:4 (Pro 3:11);
Philippians 2:9-11 (Isa 45:23);
1st Thessalonians 3:13 (Zec 14:5); 1st Thessalonians 4:6 (Psa 94:2; and Sir 5:3); 1st Thessalonians 5:2 (transfer of the day of the LORD to day of the Lord Jesus);
2nd Thessalonians 1:7 (Zec 14:5); 2nd Thessalonians 1:8 (Isa 66:15); 2nd Thessalonians 1:9 (Isa 2:10 Isa 2:19, Isa 2:21); 2nd Thessalonians 1:10 (transfer of the day of the LORD to the day of the Lord Jesus); 2nd Thessalonians 1:12 (Isa 66:5; Mal 1:11); 2nd Thessalonians 2:2 (transfer of the day of the LORD day of the Lord Jesus); 2nd Thessalonians 2:8 (Job 4:9; Psa 32:6 LXX);
2nd Timothy 2:19 (Sir 17:26 conflated with a common Old Testament phrase);
Hebrews 1:10-12 (Psa 102:25-27)
James 2:7 (a common Old Testament phrase);
1Peter 1:11 (Spirit passages); 1Peter 2:3 (Psa 34:8); 1Peter 3:14-15 (Isa 8:12-13);
2Pe 3:8 (Psa 90:4);
Jude 1:14-15 (Zec 14:5 cf 1 En. 1.9);
Revelation 1:7 (Zec 12:10); Revelation 1:13-14 (Dan 7:9); Revelation 2:17 (Isa 62:2); Revelation 2:23 (Jer 11:20); Revelation 3:5 (Exo 32:32-33; and Psa 69:28); Revelation 7:17 (Psa 23:2); Revelation 14:4 (first fruit passages); Revelation 17:14 (Dan 2:47; Deu 10:17); Revelation 19:16 (Deu 10:17; and Dan 2:47); Revelation 22:1 (throne passages)
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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