What are some obscure or uncommon OT verses that could be used to "reason from the Scriptures" about the death and resurrection of Christ?
I am reading Ezekiel right now for my Old Testament reading as well as Acts for my New Testament reading.
Acts 17:2-3 says:
> 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, [3] explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.
So we can assume that Paul used a variety of Scriptures to make his point concerning the death and resurrection of Christ. And since he "reasoned" with the Jews from the Scriptures, I am assuming some of the passages he used weren't so cut and dry (or else maybe reasoning wouldn't need to be involved).
I happened to be reading Ezekiel at the same time and came across this verse.
Ezekiel 17:22-23:
> 22 “ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain. [23] On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar..."
Maybe thus is already a popular interpretation (don't stone me if so!) But this, to me, was a verse that Paul very well could have used as a verse to "reason" with the Jews concerning Christ's death and resurrection.
Christ could be the "tender sprig" (consider Isaiah 53:2 and the "tender shoot") and Christ being from the "topmost shoots" (Isaiah 11:1, 10) i.e. the lineage of Jesse/Boaz/Judah ... pretty high status!
And then the "breaking off" or cutting off is a reference to Christ's death and the planting on a high mountain is a reference to Christ's resurrection.
It seemed like a pretty innocuous verse at first until I considered the Acts 17 story of Paul. Now it made me wonder what are some other obscure or uncommon verses that could be used to "reason from the Scriptures" about the death and resurrection of the Messiah? Y'all have any input?