| The Messiah would teach in parables. | |
| OT Prophecy | NT Fulfillment |
| Psalm 78:2 "I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old." |
Matthew 13:34–35 [34] All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: [35] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. |
| Tanakh – Ketuvim – Psalms 78:2 | |
| "I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old." | |
| Hebrew OT – Psalms 78:2 | |
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[78:2] אֶפְתְּחָה בְמָשָׁל פִּי אַבִּיעָה חִידוֹת מִנִּי קֶדֶם |
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