"Have you never read the scriptures?"

When we started this adventure--reading the Bible in 90 Days--I wasn't at all sure that many would see the connections between what we were reading in the Old Testament and what is to follow. But bless my soul!  the connections just jump out!  Every week someone tells me about their new discoveries.  "Is THAT where that's from!"  We know that Jesus knew the Hebrew scriptures, and so did every other observant Jew, including all the New Testament writers.  When they tried to convey what it was they had heard and understood after Jesus' resurrection, of course they turned to the symbols and stories of their heritage.  It was the only way to make sense of it. 
When we read Psalm 118, one of the Hallel psalms that pilgrims to Jerusalem sang when they went up for Passover (starts tomorrow night!), we recognized immediately where we've heard this before: Matthew 21.42:  Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.’"  Jesus told this to those who were questioning his authority, right before the Passover.

Now when someone asks you "Have you never read the scriptures?" you can answer, "Well ...as a matter of fact..."   
This is the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.

I hope you are having a blessed Holy Week.