The Scriptures Jesus Opened: Jesus and the Old Testament

What Scriptures did Jesus open, cite, and call the Word of God? This documentary walks the Gospel evidence: Luke’s Nazareth reading, formula phrases (“it is written”), sample citations from Isaiah, Hosea, Torah, and Psalms, the three-part shape in Luke 24, and careful background from Sirach and Josephus — without overclaiming Qumran or inventing a “Jesus always used the Septuagint” slogan. Part 2 of 3 in the series Can We Trust What We Have? Episode 1: The Gospels on Papyrus (manuscripts) —    • The Gospels on Papyrus: Can We Trust What ...   Episode 3: How the church recognized the New Testament books CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open — The Scroll in Nazareth 2:11 Title — The Scriptures Jesus Opened 2:15 Desire — Why the Old Testament Still Matters 4:33 What “Scripture” Meant 7:08 Formula Phrases — How Jesus Speaks of Scripture 10:54 Sample Citations — Isaiah, Hosea, Torah, Psalm 15:57 The Three-Part Shape — Luke 24 18:34 Background Voices — Sirach, Josephus, and a Careful Word on 4QMMT 22:24 Greek and Hebrew — Without the Slogan 24:33 What This Does and Does Not Prove 26:59 Why It Still Matters — and What Comes Next NOTES ON METHOD We quote the Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) on screen for Gospel passages. Interpretations are attributed (e.g. Beckwith, Bruce, Chapman & Schnabel, and others named in the film). 4QMMT is treated with caution; we do not treat a disputed Dead Sea Scroll line as a closed-canon proof. Greek vs Hebrew: Jesus’s world was bilingual; we refuse the slogan that He “always” quoted the LXX. Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com. Voice: synthetic (Grok TTS · Liora). Images credited on screen / Wikimedia Commons public-domain and licensed stills where noted. The Faithful Record — Scripture · Church History · Apologetics