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What was the relationship between Job and Jesus?

Job suffered without being guilty. Saint John Paul II says that his book is, in a certain way, a foreshadowing of the passion of Christ. Job 1:1; Job 2:3; Luke 23:46-47

What the Bible says

Job 1:22

In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.

Luke 23:47

Now the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

What the Church teaches

According to Saint John Paul II, the Book of Job is, in a certain way, a foreshadowing of the passion of Christ.

John Paul II, Salvifici doloris 11 · Catechism of the Catholic Church

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According to a note in the NAB, Job intercedes for his friends as Jesus would, whom he prefigures. NAB note on Job 42, 8

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