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Though Jesus sometimes appears to use the Midrash PaRDeS methods, Midrash alone IS eisegesis as demonstrated by the rabbis who practice it and have no standard of truth concerning the results. If that's all that Jesus did, he was certainly authorized to do so by being the "Ghost writer" of the Old Testament. But this is not the case.

(4)Pr 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings [riddles]].

Though Jesus sometimes appears to use the Midrash PaRDeS methods, Midrash [5] alone IS eisegesis as demonstrated by the rabbis who practice it and have no standard of truth concerning the results. [6] If that's all that Jesus did, he was certainly authorized to do so by being the "Ghost writer" of the Old Testament. But this is not the case.

(4)Pr 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings [riddles]].

[5] "Midrash most commonly refers to the famous compilation of Midrash Rabbah, a compilation of the rabbis' comments on each of the five volumes of the Torah." https://torah.org/series/midrash/ ... Though here we are referring to the methods used by the rabbis who produced it.

[6] And as demonstrated in SE in discussions like this: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/81819/did-adam-have-intercourse-with-animals

(1)De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

Against eisegesis by Jesus:

Though we don't have anyone in the Bible checking to see if Jesus can show his work in the way he uses scriptures, we do have an example of an apostles doctrine being checked for eisegesis. Paul taught the Gospel as taught by Christ, at least he claims to. When he went to Berea, the people there checked his doctrine against the scriptures which they had; the OT. They validated that Paul had nothing new, but what he taught was contained in the scriptures, though they may not have seen it before. Like the men on the road to Emmaus, they now understood the scriptures the way Paul taught.

The secondhand doctrine of Paul (from Jesus) was validated against the scripture. There was nothing there that they could use to accuse him of invention.

(1)De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

(1)De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

Added: This is an important point brought to light by the comments: If Jesus did what he did (by whatever name) and was authorized to do so because he is God, then we might not be able to do it, because we aren't God.

But if Jesus did things which he taught to his disciples, and they wrote in such a way as to teach us, then we can do it.

If there is a standard of truth, it weeds out opinions 'put into' the text by the interpreter. The methods of sensus plenior eliminate the Greek debates, and provide a means for collaborative study. It is difficult to solve a riddle. It is easy to validate it. In this way, even children can participate.

(1)De 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.