When the Gospels tell the story of the passion of Jesus, prayers are used to weave the fabric of the narrative. Specifically, Psalm 22 is the principal Old Testament resource employed by the evangelists to portray, and so interpret, the climax of Jesus’ career. The facts are these: Thirteen (perhaps seventeen) Old Testament texts appear in the passion narrative of the Gospels. Some are quotations, some allusions. Of the thirteen, eight come from
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