In His famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ says, “…love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (MATTHEW 5 : 44; see also LUKE 6 : 27).
Beelzebub
In Act II, Scene iii, the Porter responds to the knocking at the gate with, “Knock, knock, knock! Who’s there, i’ th’ name of Beelzebub?” This name first apprears in the Old Testament in 2 KINGS 1 : 2 as the name of “the god of Ekron,” which was a Philistine city.
Christ’s Wounds
In testifying to the faithfulness of Sir Gawain, saying, “all his trust upon earth was in the five wounds that Christ bare on the cross,” the author alludes to the crucifixion of Christ, and the details of Christ’s wounds, as found in JOHN 19 : 34 and JOHN 20 : 27.