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Of the three authentic references above, the first two are expressly presented as responses by [[Jesus]] to his opponents, who would pretend to rely on Scriptures.  That is the same as hoisting someone on his own petard, as [[Shakespeare]] famously said.

Of the three authentic references above, the first two are expressly presented as responses by [[Jesus]] to his opponents, who would pretend to rely on Scriptures.  That is the same as hoisting someone on his own petard, as [[Shakespeare]] famously said.

That leaves Mark 12:24 as the only outright embrace of a fulfillment of Scriptures.  This merits further analysis.  Some versions do not translate the word as "Scriptures", but as "prophecies" or "holy writings" or even as "Tanakh".<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2014:49</ref>

That leaves Mark 14:49 as the only outright embrace of a fulfillment of Scriptures in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and it does not stand as a complete sentence as it is in the similar rendition in the [[Gospel of Matthew]].  This merits further analysis.  Some versions do not translate the word as "Scriptures", but as "prophecies" or "holy writings" or even as "Tanakh".<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2014:49</ref>

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