Prophecies

Fulfillment

Ge3.15. ¹⁵And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel." [Gal4.4]

Would be the "Seed of a Woman"

Ga4.4. ⁴But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law. (Lu2.7; Re12.5)

Ge18.18. ¹⁸Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him and shall bless themselves by him? [Gen12.2─3]

Promised Seed of Abraham

Ac3.25. ²⁵You are the descendants (sons) of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant which God made and gave to your forefathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your Seed (Heir) shall all the families of the earth be blessed and benefited. [Gen22.18; Gal3.16] (Mt1.1; Lu3.34)

Ge17.19. ¹⁹But God said, "Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac [laughter]; and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for an everlasting covenant and with his posterity after him.

Promised Seed of Isaac

Mt1.2. ²Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, (Lu3.34)

Nu24.17. ¹⁷I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but He is not near. A star (Star) shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter (Scepter) shall rise out of Israel and shall crush all the corners of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth [Moab's sons of tumult]. [Matt2.2; Rom15.12] (Ge28.14)

Promised Seed of Jacob

Lu3.34. ³⁴the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, (Mt1.2)

Ge49.10. ¹⁰The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah, not the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. [Num24.17; Ps60.7]

Will Descend from the Tribe of Judah

Lu3.33. ³³the son of Aminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, (Mt1.2,3)

Is9.7. ⁷Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. [Dan2.44; 1Cor15.25─28; Heb1.8] (Is11.1─5; 2S7.13)

The Heir of the Throne of David

Mt1.1. 1The book of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. [Ps132.11; Isa11.1] (Mt1.6)

Mi5.2. ²But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are litthe to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity). [Gen49.10; Matt2.5─12; John7.42]

Place of Birth

Mt2.1. 2Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, (Lu2.4─7)

Da9.25. ²⁵Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with [city] square and moat, but in troublous times.

Time of Birth

Lu2.1,2. 2In those days it occured that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered. ²This was the first enrollment, and it was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. (Lu2.3─7)

Is7.14. ¹⁴Therefore the LORD Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his nama Immanuel [God with us]. [Isa9.6; Jer31.22; Mic5.3─5; Matt1.22,23]

Born of a Virgin

Mt1.18. ¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit. (Lu1.26─35)

Je31.15. ¹⁵Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lementation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. [Matt2.18]

Massacre of Infants

Mt2.16. ¹⁶Then Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years old and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and had learned exactly from the wise men. (Mt2.17,18)

Ho11.1. 11When Israel was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt. [Matt2.15]

Flight into Egypt

Mt2.14. ¹⁴And having risen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew to Egypt (Mt2.15)

Is9.1,2. 9But [in the midst of judgment there is the promise and the certainty of the LORD's deliverance and] there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the LORD] brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He will make it glorious, by the way of the Sea [of Galilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined. [Isa42.6; Matt4.15,16]

Ministry in Galilee

Mt4.12─16. ¹²Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested and put in prison, He withdrew into Galilee. ¹³And leaving Nazareth, He went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be brought to pass:

15"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, in the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles [of the peoples who are not of Israel] ─ [Isa9.1─2]

De18.15. ¹⁵The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet (Prophet) from the midst of your brethren like me [Moses]; to him you shall listen.

As a Prophet

Jn6.14. ¹⁴When the people saw the sign (miracle) that Jesus had performed, they began saying, "Surely and beyond a doubt this is the Prophet Who is to come into the world! [Deut18.15,18; John1.21; Acts3.22] (Jn1.45; Ac3.19─26)

Ps110.4. ⁴The LORD has sworn and will not revoke or change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek. [Heb5.10;7.11,15,21]

As a Priest, like Melchizedek

He6.20. ²⁰Where Jesus has entered in for us [in advance], a Forefunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. [Ps110.4] (He5.5,6;7.15─17)

Is53.3. ³He was dispised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and exquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was dispised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. (Ps2.2)

His Rejection by Jews

Jn1.11. ¹¹He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own ─ His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him. (Jn5.43; Lu4.29;17.25;23.18)

Is11.2. ²And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him ─ the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the LORD ─ (Ps45.7; Is11.3,4)

Some of His Characteristics

Lu2.52. ⁵²And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man. (Lu4.18)

Zec9.9. ⁹Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you; He is [uncompromisingly] just and having salvation [triumphant and victorious], patient, meek, lowly, and riding on a donkey, upon a colt, the foal of a donkey. [Matt21.5; John12.14,15] (Is62.11)

His Triumphal Entry

Jn12.13,14. ¹³So they took branches of palm threes and went out to meet Him. And as they went, they kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is He and praise to Him Who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel! [Ps118.26] (Mt21.1─11; Jn12.12)

Ps41.9. ⁹Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. [John13.18]

Betrayed by a Friend

Mk14.10. ¹⁰Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve [apostles], went off to the chief priests in order to betray and hand Him over to them. (Mt26.14─16; Mk14.43─45)

Zec11.12. ¹²And I said to them, "If it seems just and right to you, give me my wages; but if not, withhold them. So they weighed out for my price thirty pieces of silver." (Zec11.13)

Sold for Thirty Pieces of Silver

Mt26.15. ¹⁵And said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?" And they weighed out for and paid him thirty pieces of silver [about twenty-one dollars and sixty cents]. [Exod21.32; Zech11.12] (Mt27.3─10)

Zec11.13. ¹³And the LORD said to me, "Cast it to the potter [as if He said, To the dogs!] ─ the munificently [miserable] sum at which I [and My shepherd] am priced by them!" And I [Zechariah] took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. [Matt26.14,15;27.3─10]

Money to be Returned for a Potter's Field

Mt27.6,7. ⁶But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, "It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasure, for it is the price of blood." ⁷So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter's field [as a place] in which to bury strangers. (Mt27.3─5;8─10)

Ps109.7,8. ⁷When [whe wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin.

8Let his days be few; and let another take his office and charge. [Acts1.20]

Judas' Office to be Taken by Another

Ac1.18─20. ¹⁸Now this man obtained a piece of land with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery and wickness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle [of his body] and all his intestines poured forth. ¹⁹And all the residents of Jerusalem became acquainted with the facts, so that they called the piece of land in their own dialect ─ Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood. ²⁰"For in the book of Psalms it is written, 'Let his place of residence become deserted and gloomy, and let there be no one to live in it'; and [again], 'Let another take his position or overseership.' [Ps69.25;109.8] (Ac1.16,17)

Ps27.12. ¹²Give me not up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me; they breathe out cruelty and violence. (Ps35.11)

False Witnesses Accuse Him

Mt26.60,61. ⁶⁰But they found none, though many witnesses came forward [to testify]. At last two men came forward ⁶¹and testify, "This Fellow said, 'I am able to tear down the sanctuary of the temple of God and to build it up again in three days.'"

Is53.7. ⁷He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. (Ps38.13,14)

Silent When Accused

Mt26.62,63. ⁶²And the high priest stood up and said, "Have You no answer to make? What about this that these men testify against you?" ⁶³But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I call upon you to swear by the living God, and tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." (Mt27.12─14)

Is50.6. ⁶I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting. [Matt26.67;27.30; John19.1]

Smitten and Spat Upon

Mk14.65. ⁶⁵And some of them began to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to strike Him with their fists, saying to Him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received Him with blows and by slapping Him. (Mk15.17; Jn19.1─3;18.22)

Ps69.4. ⁴Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off and destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, and many and mighty. I am [forced] to restore what I did not steal. [John15.25] (Ps109.3─5)

Was Hated Without a Cause

Jn15.23─25. ²³Whoever hates Me also hates My Father. ²⁴If I had not done (accomplished) among them the works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin. But [the fact is] now they have both seen [these works] and have hated both Me and My Father. ²⁵But [this is so] that the word written in the Law might be fulfilled, 'They hated Me without a cause.' [Ps35.19;69.4]

Is53.4,5. ⁴Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricked, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. [Matt8.17]

Suffered Vicariously

Mt8.16,17. ¹⁶When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of emons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick. ¹⁷And thus He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, "He Himself took [in order to carry away] our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our diseases. [Isaiah53.4] (Ro4.25; 1Co15.3)

Is53.12. ¹²Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious). [Luke22.37]

Crucified with Sinners

Mt27.38. ³⁸At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right hand and one on the left. (Mk15.27,28; Lu23.33)

Ps22.16. ¹⁶For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet. [Isa53.7; John19.37] (Zec12.10)

Hands and Feet Pierced

Jn20.27. ²⁷Then He said to Thomas, "Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe!" (Jn19.37;20.25,26)

Ps22.6─8. ⁶But I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people. [Matt27.39─44]

Mocked and Insulted

Mt27.39,40. ³⁹And those who passed by spoke reproachfully and abusively and jeered at Him, wagging their heads, [Ps22.7,8; 109.25] ⁴⁰and they said, "You Who would tear down the sanctuary of the temple and rebuild it in three days, rescue Yourself from death. If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." (Mt27.41─44; Mk15.29─32)

Ps69.21. ²¹They gave me also gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, and in my thirst they gave vinegar (a soured wine) to drink. [Matt27.34,48]

Given Gall and Vinegar

Jn19.29. ²⁹A vessel (bowl) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth. (Mt27.34,48)

Ps22.8. ⁸⁸"He trusted and rolled himself on the LORD, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him! [Matt27.39,43; Mark15.29,30; Luke23.35]

Hears Prophetic Words Repeated in Mockery

Mt27.43. ⁴³He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now if He cares for Him and will have Him, for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

Ps109.4. ⁴In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. (Is53.12)

Prays for His Enemies

Lu23.34. ³⁴And Jesus prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. [Ps22.18]

Zec12.10. ¹⁰And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace or unmerited favor and supplication. And they shall look [earnestly] upon Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn. [John19.37; Rev1.7]

His Side to be Pierced

Jn19.34. ³⁴But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out.

Ps22.18. ¹⁸They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirlike garment, a seamless undertunic). [John19.23,24]

Soldier Cast Lots for His Coat

Mk15.24. ²⁴And they crucified Him; and they divided His garments and distributed them among themselves, throwing lots for them to decide who should take what. [Ps22.18] (Jn19.24)

Ps34.20. ²⁰He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. (Ex12.46)

Not a Bone to be Broken

Jn19.33. ³³But when they came to Jesus and they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

Is53.9. ⁹And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth. [Matt27.57─60; 1Pet2.22,23]

To be Buried with the Rich

Mt27.57─60. ⁵⁷When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and rolled it up in a clean linen cloth used for swathing dead bodies ⁶⁰and laid it in his own freah (undefiled) tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a bigh boulder over the door of the tomb and went away.

Ps16.10. ¹⁰For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption. [Acts13.35] (Mt16.21)

His Resurrection

Mt28.9. ⁹And as they went, behold, Jesus met them and said, "Hail (greetings)!" And they went up to Him and clasped His feet and worshiped Him. (Lu24.36─48)

Ps68.18. ¹⁸You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there with them. [Eph4.8]

His Ascension

Lu24.50,51. ⁵⁰Then He conducted them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up His hands, He invoked a blessing on them. ⁵¹And it occured that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven. (Ac1.9)