I will let others answer, but there is a remarkable parallel
Are you saying that every prophet from Isaiah to Jesus could have announced that “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing”?
So, which “sense” did Jesus use when He applied this to Himself as the fulfillment? Just wanting to know how His interpretation fits with yours.
Read my post again .Jesus the ultimate prophet.Besides “today in your hearing” is NOT part of the Isaiah quote, is it. It’s Jesus’ proclamation to the world, that salvation has come.
You are challenging me and others because you have not read our posts correctly.
Obviously you didn’t understand my question, so I’ll rephrase it -
Since you say that this applies to Isaiah and every Prophet between him and Jesus (the ultimate Prophet), then could every Prophet from Isaiah to Jesus also proclaim that “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing”? For example, could Jonah have quoted this Scripture and proclaim that “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” while preaching in Ninevah? The “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” is the way Jesus interpreted this Scripture (I never said it was part of Isaiah 61).
I’m not going to derail the thread, but I’d like to briefly point out that the idea some Catholics proclaim—that Protestant theology and Biblical interpretation is “either/or” as opposed to “both/and”—is a mischaracterization of how most Protestant really think. I did read the link; it’s very good in itself, but, again, the writer oversteps his area of competence in his attempt to describe Protestant understanding of the “Solas”. He would do better to simply describe and illustrate what “both/and” means without trying to use Protestants as a foil.
If I’ve hurt your feelings I apologize.It may be a mischaracterization for some branches of protestantism but not it’s entiretyI’m not going to derail the thread, but I’d like to briefly point out that the idea some Catholics proclaim—that Protestant theology and Biblical interpretation is “either/or” as opposed to “both/and”—is a mischaracterization of how most Protestant really think. I did read the link; it’s very good in itself, but, again, the writer oversteps his area of competence in his attempt to describe Protestant understanding of the “Solas”. He would do better to simply describe and illustrate what “both/and” means without trying to use Protestants as a foil.
I’m sorry for interjecting this complaint into this thread, but I’ve seen this kind of mischaracterization here (by Catholics in speaking about Protestants) too often and I’ve gotten sick of it.
One thing I have learned here in the deep south is not to dump all non-Catholic Christians into the same theological bucket. Many Evangelicals don’t even consider themselves to be Protestant.I’m not going to derail the thread, but I’d like to briefly point out that the idea some Catholics proclaim—that Protestant theology and Biblical interpretation is “either/or” as opposed to “both/and”—is a mischaracterization of how most Protestant really think. I did read the link; it’s very good in itself, but, again, the writer oversteps his area of competence in his attempt to describe Protestant understanding of the “Solas”. He would do better to simply describe and illustrate what “both/and” means without trying to use Protestants as a foil.
I’m sorry for interjecting this complaint into this thread, but I’ve seen this kind of mischaracterization here (by Catholics in speaking about Protestants) too often and I’ve gotten sick of it.
Julia and Timothy—I’m sorry if I’m coming across as a grouch. Thanks, both of you, for letting me say what I think without snapping back.
I often see Catholics feeling understandably upset by Protestants who mischaracterize Catholic beliefs and practices; I wish that being on the receiving end of those mischaracterizations would make Catholics more sensitive and aware to refrain from doing the same thing to Protestants. “What is hateful to yourself do not do to others.”
I’m an Evangelical who sometimes clicks on a thread here expecting to read about the thread topic. Numerous times here, though, a Catholic poster has inserted an unnecessary and irrelevant comparison to what they perceive to be a common negative characteristic of Protestants, which they use as a foil; as if to say, “We Catholics (pause here to thump chest) are not like those (stupid) Protestants who (for example) always think in either/or terms while we (superiorly) think in both/and.” I think the reality is that all ways of thinking can be easily found among any group of people. And chest thumping, however subtle, is unattractive unless you actually look like Tarzan. 