In this post I will be looking at two OT texts, which the early Christians saw as foreshadowing Christ’s crucifixion. These early writers employed these particular verses as prophesying or prefiguring Christ’s death on a cross.

First Prophecy

I begin with the following reference from the Jeremiah:

“and I am as a lamb or a bullock brought to the slaughter; and I know not that they fabricate…

Normally, the majority of fans in America First Field in Sandy, Utah, are here to support the home team. On Wednesday night, however, the stands seemed to be a nearly even mix of Real Salt Lake’s claret and cobalt, Inter Miami pink, and Argentine “albiceleste” white and blue.

Nearly all of the Miami and Argentina jerseys in the crowd displayed the name and number of one player: Lionel…

I will be quoting from the Epistle of Barnabas, which is a letter attributed to Paul’s companion that was composed somewhere between the middle and latter part of the first century AD. It contains a lot of allegorical interpretations of the Old Testament commandments and events, which the author connects to Christ, his commandments, and the Church. All emphasis will be mine.

Genesis 1:26 & Jesus…

In this post I will be quoting from the works of Justin Martyr and Tertullian in respect to Old Testament prophecies and typology pointing to Christ. All emphasis will be mine.

One interesting typology that both of them employ is the case of Joshua, whom they not only take to be a picture of Jesus but as also foreshadowing Christ’s actual name. Both Justin and Tertullian argue that Joshua is the…

The quotations which I will cite here are taken from Novatian's Treatise Concerning the Trinity. All emphasis will be mine.

Novatian sets forth biblical texts to refute the modalist lie that Jesus is the Father. He instead proves that the Father, Son and Spirit are personally distinct and yet one and the same Divinity. Novatian also demonstrates that the Son is fully God and fully human, being…

In this post I will be quoting from St. Cyprian’s Treatises, specifically Treatise XII (Book 2). Cyprian quotes extensively from both the Old and New Testaments to prove that Jesus is the God-Man, the divine Son of God, whom the prophets announced would come to be killed for sins, raised from the dead, and who would return to Judge the living and the dead. This beloved saint’s knowledge of the…