Fifth, from the corresponding form of proven examples.
Fifth, from the corresponding form of proven examples.
§ 488. (V) From the corresponding form of proven examples. The reading of Scripture was familiar to the Israelite church. Luke 4:16: “Christ went to the synagogue as His custom was on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read.” Acts 15:21: “For from early generations Moses has had in every city those who preach him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.” Thus the crowd and the children sing out their hosannas to Christ (Matt. 21:9) from the psalms of David, which were known to them because of their familiar use. Furthermore, when Christ and the apostles teach and debate before the people, as the evangelists write to all, they appeal to the Law and the prophets without mentioning author, book, or chapter. They do this, in fact, because they know that the text of the Bible was familiar to the Israelites. In fact, still today the Jews allow none of their homes to be without the sacred books. In Acts 8:[27]-28 the Ethiopian eunuch, the minister of Queen Candace of the Ethiopians, “was seated in his chariot and was reading the prophet Isaiah.” It is apparent that God approves of this eagerness for reading since Philip was sent to him by divine impulse to explain to him the prophetic oracle.