Remez

I learned a new word. This a not a common word, to my understanding. "Remez" refers to a method of textual interpretation used by Jewish students of the Torah. Not just any students...the best of the best. In Biblical times, (maybe still today in some places) Jewish boys would go to "school" at the Temple and learn the Torah from a Rabbi. By the time they were about 10 or 12, all Jewish boys were expected to have the Law of Moses (Genesis-Deuteronomy) memorized. Then, the best students went on to study further and memorize the rest of the Torah (Old Testament). Then, the best of those would go privately to "follow" a Rabbi for the purpose of becoming a Rabbi.
This was a big deal.
Part of that training was what they called "remez." This was characterized (at least in one way) by the practice of reading one bit of text and actually referring o another. Jesus did this more than I could have guessed. This is why in so many different places of the New Testament He says something and then the Pharisees or other leaders in the Jewish community want to kill him.
Example: John 10:33-38
Jesus quoted to them from Psalm 82:6 "I have said you are gods." He tells them that by Scripture all who follow God are gods themselves, that is they are sons of the Most High. But, they undrstand that Jesus is referring to Psalm 82:7 "But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler." He was calling the leading people of the Jewish community-the Chosen of God-mere men. He said they fall like any other ruler, thereby identifying them as common people. The Jewish people of Christ's day saw themselves as better than any others--even better than some that called themselves Jews.
There were many other hidden ways that Jesus taught the disciples one thing and condemned teachers of the law with another text at the same time.
What an amazing Rabbi Jesus was!
That's my Savior.