NT Use of the OT -- Test Your View!

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Only 7 questions long, this quiz reveals your view of how the NT authors understood and used the OT in their writings. Though a simplification of a complex topic, it places participants into one of three categories (or "views"). It's meant to be fun and informative. For a full treatment of the subject, see the book "Three Views of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament" (November, 2008), in which Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Darrell L. Bock, and Peter Enns each represent a particular view.

1

Which of the following is true of the Scriptures?
- There is a single meaning that is always intended by Scriptural texts.
- There is a single meaning that is intended by Scriptural texts, though NT authors sometimes apply OT texts to different people and events than the original OT authors did.
- There are sometimes different meanings that are intended by OT and NT authors using the same texts.
2

When Peter applies David's words, "you will not let your holy one see decay" (Acts 2:25-28 from Ps 16:8-11), to Jesus' resurrection, which of the following is true?
- David had Jesus' resurrection in mind when he originally wrote those words.
- David was only referring to his own experiences, but Peter was picking up the Divine Author's additional intention to refer to Jesus' resurrection experience.
- David was only referring to his own experiences, but Peter freely applied them to Jesus' resurrection experience because of his conviction that the Scriptures point to Jesus.
3

When Matthew quoted the words, ". . . out of Egypt I have called my son" (Matthew 2:15 from Hosea 11:1), which of the following is true?
- Hosea knew his words applied both to Israel at the time of the exodus from Egypt and to the Messiah in the future.
- Hosea intended his words to apply only to Israel at the time of the exodus from Egypt, but Matthew's application of them to Jesus was consistent with the original meaning of Hosea's words.
- Hosea intended his words to apply only to Israel at the time of the exodus from Egypt, and Matthew's application of them to Jesus involved a different meaning than Hosea intended.
4

Did the OT prophets know where their prophecies were heading, even those that involved more than one fulfillment?
- Yes, the OT prophets were divinely enabled to see both near fulfillments and far fulfillments of their prophecies.
- Sometimes the OT authors only saw the near fulfillment of their prophecies, while the NT authors also discerned the far fulfillment that the Divine Author had intended all along.
- Sometimes the OT authors only saw the near fulfillment of their prophecies, but the NT authors were correct in re-applying them to Jesus because Jesus is the goal of the OT writings.
5

When the NT authors utilized the OT, which of the following was true?
- The interpretive methods that they used were essentially the same as those used by careful interpreters today.
- The interpretive methods that they used were essentially the same as those used by Jewish interpreters of the ancient world, but they used them in ways that did not alter the OT authors' meanings.
- The interpretive methods that they used were the same as those used by Jewish interpreters of the ancient world, and like those ancient Jewish interpreters they sometimes used them in ways that altered the OT authors' meanings.
6

If OT authors had the opportunity to see how NT authors used their writings, which of the following would be true?
- They would not have been surprised by how the NT authors used their texts.
- They would have noticed that, though the NT authors intended the same meaning as they did, the NT authors sometimes applied the text to different situations than they originally did.
- They would have noticed that sometimes the NT authors intended different meanings by the text than they had originally intended.
7

As the OT authors wrote their words, did they always know what the Divine Author was intending by those same words?
- Yes, they always did.
- Yes, but they did not always know that the Divine Author would re-apply those words to new people and contexts.
- No, not always.

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NT Use of the OT -- Test Your View!

Which of the following is true of the Scriptures?

When Peter applies David's words, "you will not let your holy one see decay" (Acts 2:25-28 from Ps 16:8-11), to Jesus' resurrection, which of the following is true?

When Matthew quoted the words, ". . . out of Egypt I have called my son" (Matthew 2:15 from Hosea 11:1), which of the following is true?

Did the OT prophets know where their prophecies were heading, even those that involved more than one fulfillment?

When the NT authors utilized the OT, which of the following was true?

If OT authors had the opportunity to see how NT authors used their writings, which of the following would be true?

As the OT authors wrote their words, did they always know what the Divine Author was intending by those same words?

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