Did Jesus say his father was the God of Israel?

[Avoice]

I am trying to recall if Jesus said his God was the God of Israel. There were lots of gods back then.

[Elijah John]

[Replying to post 3 by Divine Insight]

As you noted,references to the Hebrew Scriptures is reason enough. I was just wondering if God was ever called the God of Israel. By jesus or anyone in the Christian testament

If I'm not mistaken, Paul called the Father the "God of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". It's as though for Christians the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) is now the God of Jesus. But they speak of the same God, whom Jesus considered "Our Father".

It's somewhat analogous to how God was once known as "El Shaddai" but then revealed His name as "YHVH".

[Tcg]

I was just wondering if God was ever called the God of Israel. By jesus or anyone in the Christian testament

In Luke 1, John the Baptist's father Zechariah introduced a prophecy with those words:

• 67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
  68
  “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
  for he has visited and redeemed his people
  69
  and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
  in the house of his servant David,

The author of Matthew also uses that term in verse 15:31:

• so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

The author of Acts uses a similar term in Acts 13:17:

• The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

There is no question which God they are referring to.


Tcg