Jesus And Prophecy

This page was designed with the idea and purpose to show that Jesus Christ fulfilled prophecies that were written of him in the Old Testament several hundred years before his birth. 450 B.C. was the historic date of the completion of the Old Testament. While I did not list all the fulfilled prophecies of Jesus, I did include several as a basis and foundation for your own investigation.

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8 Prophecies:

1: Place of birth (mic5:2)

2: Time Of Birth(Dan9:25)

3: Manner Of Birth(Is.7:14)

4: Betrayal

5: Manner Of Death(ps.22:16)

6: Peoples Reaction(mocking, spitting)

7: Piercing

8: Burial

Mathematical analysis has shown that the chance of any man that might have lived down to the present time and fulfilled all eight prophecies is 1 in 10 to the 17th power. Which translates to 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000

 

 

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill."-Matt. 5:17

The Old Testament written over a 1000 year period, contains nearly 300 references to the coming Messiah. All of these were fulfilled in Jesus, giving us solid ground on which to stand and proclaim him the one and true Messiah.

Prophecy

Fulfillment

Thus says the Lord:'A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her Children, Because they are no more." Jeremiah 31:15

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men." Matthew 2:16

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put my Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command him. -Deuteronomy 18:18

So the multitudes said,"This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."-Matthew 21:11

Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion -Psalm 2:6

And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him:"This is Jesus The King Of The Jews." -Matthew 27:37

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 fear of the Lord. -Isaiah 11:2

When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -Matthew 3:16

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. -Psalm 69:9

When he had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple. And He said. "Take these things away! Don not make My Fathers house a house of merchandise!" -John 2:15,16

A voice of one crying in the wilderness:"Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God." -Isaiah 40:3

John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,"Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"-Matthew 3:1

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, And the ears of the death will be unstopped. Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb will sing for joy."-Isaiah 35:5,6

And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness." -Matthew 9:35

And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. -Malachi 3:1

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple -Matthew 21:12

The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. -Psalm 118:22

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone." -1 Peter 2:7

For You will not leave my soul in Sheol; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. -Psalm 16:10

His soul was not left in Hades, not did his flesh see corruption. -Acts 2:31

You have ascended on High -Psalm 68:18

He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight -Acts 1:9

Even my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. -Psalm 41:9

Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. -Matthew 10:4

So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter -Zechariah 11:13

Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed. -Matthew 27:5

Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. -Zechariah 13:7

Then they all forsook Him and fled -Mark 14:50

Fierce witnesses rise up; they ask me things that I do not know. -Psalm 35:11

Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. -Matthew 26:59,60

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth. -Isaiah 53:7

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing -Matthew 27:12

I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. -Isaiah 50:6

Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands. -Matthew 26:67

They pierced My hands and My feet -Psalm 22:16

And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him -Luke 23:33

Because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. -Isaiah 53:12

Then the two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the Left -Matthew 27:38

And he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors -Isaiah 53:12

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. -Luke 23:34

The divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots -Psalm 22:18

The soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. They said."Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be." -John 19:23,24

And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink -Psalm 69:21

After this, Jesus. said "I thirst!" -John 19:28

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? -Psalm 22:1

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is My God, My God, who have you forsaken me? -Matthew 27:46

He guards all his bones, not one of them is broken -Psalm 34:20

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break his legs -John 19:33

My heart is like wax; it has melted within Me -Psalm 22:14

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. -John 19:34

And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God, That I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight -Amos 8:9

Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. -Matthew 27:45

I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter dark sayings of old -Psalm 78:2

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables, and without a parable He did not speak to them. -Matthew 13:34

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