What Psalms did Jesus mention?

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My son is working on an essay topic for his Theology class and must find 3 quotes that Jesus spoke. Does anyone know how to find this info short of reading all of Psalms and the Gospels? Is there a resource that might give such info?
 
well the one that comes to mind immediately is Psalm 22, which is the source of some of Jesus’ words from the Cross.

If I were doing this assignment I think I’d use a translation that has footnotes that reference quotes or allusions to other scriptures (such as the New Jerusalem), and then go through the Gospels looking for footnotes to Psalms.
 
firefly21 said:
My son is working on an essay topic for his Theology class and must find 3 quotes that Jesus spoke. Does anyone know how to find this info short of reading all of Psalms and the Gospels? Is there a resource that might give such info?
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Why not just read the Gospels…they really aren’t that long. If both of you took two Gospels, then you could finish in a couple of hours.

Actually the Protestants have a couple of pretty good bible verse sites…I would google bible verse lookup. Use only one or two key words to look up the passages.
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  1. Ps 8.3 LXX (8.2) > Mt 21.16
  2. Ps 110.1 > Mt 22.44
  3. Ps 118.26 > Mt 23.39
  4. Ps 82.6 > John 10.34
  5. Ps 41.9 > John 13.18
  6. Ps 35.19, 69.4 > John 15.25
I hope those are right
 
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Why not just read the Gospels…they really aren’t that long. If both of you took two Gospels, then you could finish in a couple of hours.

Actually the Protestants have a couple of pretty good bible verse sites…I would google bible verse lookup. Use only one or two key words to look up the passages.
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On the cross, Ps 22
 
This is a late response, but I had asked the same question myself. What surprised me and delighted me was the extensive use of the Psalms in Matthew 5 to 8, the Sermon on the mount. (Note my verse numbering is from the Hebrew - may differ by 1 from the English). references in the Jerusalem Bible study version 1962 are extensive.
Matthew 5:4, Psalm 37:11,
5:5 - 126:5,
5:8 - 24:4,
5:9 - 34:15,
5:34 - 11:4, 48:2,
6:4 - 139:2-3,
6:19,24 - 62:10,
6:26 - 147:9 (feeding the raven);
7:23 - 5:5, 6:8 and so on.

The words of Jesus are extensively salted with references to the Psalms. Note that if you read the Epistle to the Hebrews, you will find the Psalms used for 98% of the conversation between the Father and the Son in that Epistle - astonishing really - The implications for the theology of Israel and our own theology and Christology are extensive. This usage is Hebrews is as follows:
The usage of the psalms in Hebrews:
2:7, Hb 1:5,
5:5; 8:5-7, Hb 2:6-9;
22:23, Hb 2:12;
40:6-8, Hb 10:5-7;
45:7-8, Hb 1:8-9;
50:14, Hb 13:15;
56:11, Hb 13:6;
95:7-11, Hb 3:7-11, 15, 4:7, 4:3-5;
97:7, Hb 1:6;
102:25-26; Hb 1:10-12;
104:4, Hb 1:7;
110:4, Hb 5:6,
7:17, 21; 118:6, Hb 13:6;
135:14, Hb 10:30. (From MacDonald Seeing the Psalter p.305, Energion 2013, copied with permission)
 
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