Jesus in the Talmud

78 Chapter 7If we now look more closely at the Bible verses being used by the opponents,we discover some remarkable allusions. Mattai is most intriguingbecause he quotes Psalm 42, a text which could easily be applied to Jesuson the cross, desperately asking for God’s help and being mocked by thepeople passing by. Compare Psalm 42:10f. (“I say to God, my rock: Whyhave you forgotten me, why must I walk in gloom because the enemy oppressesme? With a shattering in my bones [be-retzah be-