Messianic Prophecies

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

• [PROPHECY] The Redeemer would be born of a woman (the seed of the woman) → GAL 4:4-5; MT 1:18
• [PROPHECY] He would crush the head of Satan → HEB 2:14; 1JN 3:8

He also declared: “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

• [PROPHECY] The God of Shem would become a Son of Shem → LK 3:36 MEDIUM

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

• [PROPHECY] Through Abraham's seed all nations would be blessed → GAL 3:8; ACTS 3:25-26

Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.

• [PROPHECY] The promise of land and inheritance given to Abraham's Seed (singular) → GAL 3:16

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—

• [PROPHECY] A priest in the order of Melchizedek → HEB 6:20
• [PROPHECY] King of righteousness and king of peace (Salem) → HEB 7:2
• [PROPHECY] Melchizedek's bread and wine foreshadow the Lord's Supper → MT 26:26-29 MEDIUM

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

• [PROPHECY] The Messianic line continues through Isaac, not Ishmael → LK 3:34

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

• [PROPHECY] All nations would be blessed through Abraham → GAL 3:8; ACTS 3:25-26

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

• [PROPHECY] Abraham's promised offspring would come through Isaac → ROM 9:7; HEB 11:18

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

• [PROPHECY] Isaac's seed would bless all nations → GAL 3:16

Yahweh appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

• [PROPHECY] The covenant promise reaffirmed through Isaac's line → GAL 3:8; ACTS 3:25 MEDIUM

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

• [PROPHECY] The Messiah would descend from Jacob → LK 3:34

Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

• [PROPHECY] Judah is a young lion → REV 5:5

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

• [PROPHECY] The Messiah would come before the scepter departed from Judah → LK 2:1-7; GAL 4:4 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah → LK 3:33
• [PROPHECY] To Him the obedience of the peoples would belong → JN 10:16

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

• [PROPHECY] He ties his donkey's colt to the vine and washes his robes in wine → MT 21:2-7; REV 19:13 MEDIUM

I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

• [PROPHECY] God would walk among His people and be their God → 2CO 6:16; REV 21:3

they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

• [PROPHECY] Not a bone of Him would be broken → JN 19:31-36

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

• [PROPHECY] Balaam's prophecy: a Star and Scepter to come out of Jacob → MT 2:2; REV 22:16; 2PE 1:19

Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

• [PROPHECY] A Prophet like Moses would arise → JN 6:14
• [PROPHECY] Believing Moses would lead one to believe in Christ → JN 5:45-47

This is what you asked of Yahweh your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of Yahweh our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

• [PROPHECY] Sent by the Father to speak God's words → JN 8:28-29

And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.

• [PROPHECY] Those who reject this Prophet would bear their own sin → ACTS 3:22-23

you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.

• [PROPHECY] Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree → GAL 3:13

Yahweh your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

• [PROPHECY] God would circumcise the hearts of His people so they would love Him → ROM 2:29; COL 2:11 MEDIUM

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

• [PROPHECY] God would make Israel jealous through a people who were not a nation → ROM 10:19; ROM 11:11

Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

• [PROPHECY] The nations would rejoice with God's people and angels would worship Him → ROM 15:10; HEB 1:6

Those who oppose Yahweh will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

• [PROPHECY] The Lord's Anointed King → MT 28:18; JN 12:15 MEDIUM

And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

• [PROPHECY] Messiah would be of David's lineage → MT 1:1; 2TI 2:8

He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

• [PROPHECY] His kingdom would be everlasting → 2PE 1:11

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

• [PROPHECY] He would be called the Son of God → HEB 1:5; LK 1:32

Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

• [PROPHECY] David's house and throne established forever → LK 3:31; REV 22:16

Therefore I will praise You, O Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

• [PROPHECY] The king would praise God among the nations → ROM 15:9

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

• [PROPHECY] 'The last words of David' prophesying of the latter messianic days → ACTS 2:30-31 MEDIUM

And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

• [PROPHECY] God would raise up one of David's own sons and set up his kingdom → MT 1:1; 9:27

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

• [PROPHECY] He would reign on David's throne forever → LK 1:32-33

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

• [PROPHECY] 'I will be His Father, and He will be My Son' → HEB 1:5

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

• [PROPHECY] The hostility of kings and rulers against the Messiah foreordained → ACTS 4:25-28

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against Yahweh and against His Anointed One:

• [PROPHECY] He would be the Anointed One → JN 1:41; ACTS 2:36

“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

• [PROPHECY] He would bear the title of King → MT 2:2

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by Yahweh: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

• [PROPHECY] Declared to be the Beloved Son of God → MT 3:17; ROM 1:4; HEB 1:5; HEB 5:5; 2PE 1:17
• [PROPHECY] The crucifixion and resurrection foreshadowed → ACTS 13:29-33

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

• [PROPHECY] Eternal life through faith in Him → JN 20:31

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

• [PROPHECY] From the mouths of infants He would perfect His praise → MT 21:16

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

• [PROPHECY] The son of man God cares for → HEB 2:6-9

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

• [PROPHECY] His humiliation followed by exaltation → HEB 2:6-9

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

• [PROPHECY] The Holy One sets Yahweh always before Him and will not be shaken → ACTS 2:25

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

• [PROPHECY] He would rise from the dead → JN 20:9

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

• [PROPHECY] His body would not see corruption (decay) in the tomb → ACTS 2:31; 13:35

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

• [PROPHECY] A horn of salvation raised up for His people → LK 1:69-71 MEDIUM

I will call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

Therefore I will praise You, O Yahweh, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

• [PROPHECY] The king would praise God among the nations → ROM 15:9

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

• [PROPHECY] 'He gives great deliverance to His king' → Matt 1:1

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

• [PROPHECY] 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' spoken from the cross → MT 27:46; MK 15:34

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

• [PROPHECY] He would cry out day and night with no answer → MT 27:45 MEDIUM

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

• [PROPHECY] He would be scorned by men and despised by the people → MT 27:39-44; LK 23:35 MEDIUM

All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

• [PROPHECY] Mockers shoot out the lip and shake the head at Him → MT 27:39-44

“He trusts in Yahweh, let Yahweh deliver him; let Yahweh rescue him, since He delights in him.”

• [PROPHECY] 'He trusted in God → MT 27:43

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

• [PROPHECY] Cared for from birth → LK 2:7 MEDIUM

From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

• [PROPHECY] His enemies surround Him seeking His death → JN 19:6

They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

• [PROPHECY] His strength poured out like water and His bones out of joint → MK 15:37; JN 19:34 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] He suffered agony at Calvary → MK 15:34-37

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

• [PROPHECY] He thirsted on the cross → JN 19:28

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

• [PROPHECY] They pierced His hands and feet → JN 20:25-27

I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

• [PROPHECY] Stripped and stared at by His persecutors → LK 23:34-35

They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

• [PROPHECY] His garments divided, lots cast for His clothing → JN 19:23-24

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.

• [PROPHECY] He cried for rescue from the sword and the wild dogs → HEB 5:7 MEDIUM

Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

• [PROPHECY] His resurrection declared to His brethren → HEB 2:12; JN 20:17

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

• [PROPHECY] God heard the cry of the afflicted one and did not hide His face → HEB 5:7 MEDIUM

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

• [PROPHECY] His declaration: 'It is finished' → JN 19:30; HEB 10:12, 14, 18 MEDIUM

O Yahweh, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

• [PROPHECY] Resurrection from the grave foreshadowed → ACTS 2:32 MEDIUM

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, God of truth.

• [PROPHECY] 'Into Your hands I commit My spirit' → LK 23:46

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

• [PROPHECY] His acquaintances fled from Him at His arrest → MK 14:50

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

• [PROPHECY] They took counsel together to put Him to death → MT 27:1; JN 11:53

He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

• [PROPHECY] Not a bone of His body would be broken → JN 19:31-36

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

• [PROPHECY] False witnesses rose up against Him → MT 26:59

Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

• [PROPHECY] He was hated without a cause → JN 15:25

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

• [PROPHECY] His friends stood at a distance during His suffering → LK 23:49 MEDIUM

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

• [PROPHECY] He remained silent before His accusers → MT 27:12-14

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

• [PROPHECY] His delight was to do the Father's will → JN 4:34; HEB 10:5-10; MK 14:36

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O Yahweh, do know.

• [PROPHECY] He would preach righteousness publicly in Israel → MT 4:17 MEDIUM

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

• [PROPHECY] Betrayed by a close friend who shared His table → JN 13:18; MK 14:43-45

You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

• [PROPHECY] Words of grace would flow from His lips → JN 1:17; LK 4:22 MEDIUM

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

• [PROPHECY] He would bear the divine title → HEB 1:8

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

• [PROPHECY] Anointed with the Holy Spirit beyond measure → MT 3:16; HEB 1:9
• [PROPHECY] Called the Christ (the Anointed One) → LK 2:11

All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

• [PROPHECY] Betrayed by a familiar friend, not an enemy → JN 13:18

But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

• [PROPHECY] The unrepentant death of the betrayer → MT 27:3-5; ACTS 1:16-19 MEDIUM

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that Yahweh God may dwell there.

• [PROPHECY] He would ascend on high and give gifts to men → EPH 4:8-10

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

• [PROPHECY] Hated without cause → JN 15:25

I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

• [PROPHECY] A stranger to His own brethren → JN 1:11; 7:5

because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

• [PROPHECY] Zealous for His Father's house → JN 2:17; ROM 15:3

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

• [PROPHECY] Heartbroken, He looked for comforters but found none → MT 26:38; MK 14:37-41

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

• [PROPHECY] Given vinegar to drink in His thirst → MT 27:34; MT 27:48; JN 19:28-30

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

• [PROPHECY] Those who reject Him would be blinded and trapped → ROM 11:9-10

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

• [PROPHECY] The betrayer's place would be left empty → ACTS 1:20

May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

• [PROPHECY] Great kings (Magi) would visit Him → MT 2:1-11

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

• [PROPHECY] All nations would be blessed in Him and call Him blessed → GAL 3:8

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

• [PROPHECY] He would teach in parables → MT 13:34-35

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

• [PROPHECY] He would speak the wisdom of God with authority → MT 7:29 MEDIUM

Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man at God's right hand → MK 14:61-62 MEDIUM

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

• [PROPHECY] They stood at a distance and watched Him die → LK 23:49 MEDIUM

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

• [PROPHECY] God swore to David that his offspring would sit on his throne forever → ACTS 2:30; LK 1:32-33

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

• [PROPHECY] The chosen King would call God my Father → HEB 1:5; JN 20:17 MEDIUM

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

• [PROPHECY] He would be the Firstborn → COL 1:15; 1:18; REV 1:5 MEDIUM

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

• [PROPHECY] All the heavenly powers are told to worship Him → HEB 1:6 MEDIUM

A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, O Yahweh; let my cry for help come before You.

• [PROPHECY] The Messiah's cry of suffering and loneliness → MT 26:38; HEB 5:7 MEDIUM

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

• [PROPHECY] Messiah identified as the preexistent Son and Creator → HEB 1:10-12

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

• [PROPHECY] He was accused in return for His love, yet He prayed → LK 23:34 MEDIUM

May his days be few; may another take his position.

• [PROPHECY] Another would take the betrayer's position → ACTS 1:20; ACTS 1:26

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

• [PROPHECY] He would be ridiculed and mocked → MT 27:39 MEDIUM

A Psalm of David. Yahweh said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

• [PROPHECY] David's Lord sits at God's right hand until His enemies are His footstool → MT 22:43-45; ACTS 2:34-35; HEB 1:3; HEB 1:13; HEB 8:1; HEB 10:12-13; HEB 12:2; 1PE 3:22

Yahweh extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

• [PROPHECY] 'The rod of Your strength out of Zion' → Rev 2:27; 12:5

Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

• [PROPHECY] A priest forever in the order of Melchizedek → HEB 5:6; HEB 5:10; HEB 6:20; HEB 7:17; HEB 7:21

He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.

• [PROPHECY] 'He shall drink of the brook by the way; therefore He shall lift up His head' → JN 19:30; Phil 2:8-9 MEDIUM

I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what Yahweh has done.

• [PROPHECY] His resurrection assured → LK 24:5-7; 1CO 15:20

Yahweh disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

• [PROPHECY] The rejected stone becomes the chief cornerstone → MT 21:42-43; 1PE 2:4; 1PE 2:7

This is from Yahweh, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

O Yahweh, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O Yahweh, cause us to prosper!

• [PROPHECY] The crowd would cry save us, which is Hosanna → MT 21:9; JN 12:13

Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh. From the house of Yahweh we bless you.

• [PROPHECY] The Blessed One presented to Israel → MT 21:9

Yahweh swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

• [PROPHECY] The Seed of David → LK 1:32; ACTS 2:30

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

• [PROPHECY] God would make a horn of salvation grow for David → LK 1:69 MEDIUM

On that day the Branch of Yahweh will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

• [PROPHECY] 'The Branch of Yahweh shall be beautiful and glorious' → JER 23:5; ZECH 6:12 MEDIUM

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

• [PROPHECY] Isaiah saw the glory of Christ pre-incarnate → JN 12:40-41

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

• [PROPHECY] His parables would fall on deaf ears → MT 13:13-15; ACTS 28:25-27

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

• [PROPHECY] He would be born of a virgin → LK 1:35
• [PROPHECY] He would be Immanuel → MT 1:18-23; 1TI 3:16

And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

• [PROPHECY] A stone of stumbling and rock of offense → 1PE 2:8

I will wait for Yahweh, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

• [PROPHECY] The Messiah would trust God and stand with the children God gave Him → HEB 2:13 MEDIUM

Here am I, and the children Yahweh has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from Yahweh of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

• [PROPHECY] His ministry would begin in Galilee → MT 4:12-17

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

• [PROPHECY] A child would be born → LK 1:31
• [PROPHECY] A Son would be given → LK 1:32; JN 1:14; 1TI 3:16
• [PROPHECY] Called Wonderful (Peleh) → LK 4:22 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] Called Counselor (Yaatz) → MT 13:54 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] Called Mighty God (El Gibor) → 1CO 1:24; TIT 2:13
• [PROPHECY] Called Everlasting Father (Avi Adth) → JN 8:58; 10:30
• [PROPHECY] Called Prince of Peace (Sar Shalom) → JN 16:33

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will accomplish this.

• [PROPHECY] His kingdom and peace would have no end → LK 1:32-33

Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

• [PROPHECY] Called a Nazarene → MT 2:23 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] A rod from the stem of Jesse → LK 3:23-32

The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Anointed by the Spirit → MT 3:16-17; ACTS 10:38
• [PROPHECY] His character marked by wisdom and knowledge → COL 2:3

And He will delight in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

• [PROPHECY] He would know men's thoughts → LK 6:8; JN 2:25

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

• [PROPHECY] The Gentiles would seek Him → JN 12:18-21

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For Yahweh Yahweh is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

• [PROPHECY] Called Yeshua → MT 1:21 MEDIUM

in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

• [PROPHECY] 'A throne in mercy established in the tent of David' → LK 1:32-33

So this is what the Lord Yahweh says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

• [PROPHECY] The precious cornerstone of the Messianic kingdom → ACTS 4:11-12; 1PE 2:6
• [PROPHECY] The sure foundation → 1CO 3:11; MT 16:18

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

• [PROPHECY] He would expose hypocritical obedience to God's Word → MT 15:7-9

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

• [PROPHECY] The wisdom of the wise would be confounded → 1CO 1:18-25 MEDIUM

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

• [PROPHECY] The deaf would hear and the blind would see → MT 11:5; MK 7:37 MEDIUM

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

• [PROPHECY] A king would reign in righteousness → HEB 1:8-9; REV 19:11 MEDIUM

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

• [PROPHECY] A man who would be a hiding place from the storm → MT 23:37 MEDIUM

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

• [PROPHECY] He would come and save His people → MT 1:21

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

• [PROPHECY] A ministry of miracles → MT 11:2-6

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

• [PROPHECY] 'Comfort, comfort My people' → LK 2:25 MEDIUM

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of Yahweh double for all her sins.”

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

• [PROPHECY] His coming preceded by a forerunner (John the Baptist) → MT 3:3; LK 3:4-6; JN 1:23

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

And the glory of Yahweh will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.

• [PROPHECY] 'The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed' → LK 3:6; JN 1:14

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

• [PROPHECY] Announced as 'Behold your God!' → MT 1:23; JN 1:14 MEDIUM

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

• [PROPHECY] A compassionate Shepherd who gives life → JN 10:10-18

“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

• [PROPHECY] The Servant → MT 12:18-21

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

• [PROPHECY] Meek and lowly in heart → MT 11:28-30

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

• [PROPHECY] The nations would wait on His teachings → JN 12:20-26 MEDIUM

“I, Yahweh, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

• [PROPHECY] The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles → LK 2:32

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

• [PROPHECY] He would open blind eyes → JN 9:25-38

Yahweh was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh would magnify His law and make it glorious → MT 5:17 MEDIUM

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

• [PROPHECY] He would send the Spirit of God → JN 16:7-13

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

• [PROPHECY] 'Look to Me and be saved, all ends of the earth' → ACTS 4:12

Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

• [PROPHECY] The First and the Last → REV 1:17; REV 22:13 MEDIUM

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

• [PROPHECY] He came as a divinely sent Teacher → JN 3:2 MEDIUM

Thus says Yahweh your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: Yahweh called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

• [PROPHECY] Called from the womb → MT 1:18

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

• [PROPHECY] The Servant's mouth would be like a sharp sword → REV 1:16; REV 19:15 MEDIUM

And now says Yahweh, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of Yahweh, and My God is My strength—

• [PROPHECY] A Servant formed from the womb → LK 1:31; PHIL 2:7

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

• [PROPHECY] He is Salvation for Israel → LK 2:29-32
• [PROPHECY] He is the Light of the Gentiles → JN 8:12; ACTS 13:47
• [PROPHECY] He is Salvation to the ends of the earth → ACTS 15:7-18; TIT 2:11
• [PROPHECY] He would restore Israel → ACTS 3:19-21; 15:16-17 MEDIUM

Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of Yahweh, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

• [PROPHECY] Despised by the nation of Israel → JN 1:11; 8:48-49; 19:14-15

This is what Yahweh says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

• [PROPHECY] God would help His Servant in the day of salvation → 2CO 6:2 MEDIUM

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

• [PROPHECY] 'Saying to the prisoners, Go forth' → LK 4:18 MEDIUM

I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

• [PROPHECY] Heaven darkened at His humiliation → LK 23:44-45 MEDIUM

The Lord Yahweh has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

• [PROPHECY] A learned counselor for the weary → MT 7:29; 11:28-29 MEDIUM

The Lord Yahweh has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

• [PROPHECY] The Servant willingly bound to obedience → MT 26:39

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

• [PROPHECY] 'I gave My back to those who struck Me' → MT 27:26
• [PROPHECY] He was struck on the cheeks → MT 26:67
• [PROPHECY] He was spat upon → MT 27:30

Because the Lord Yahweh helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

• [PROPHECY] The Servant would set His face like flint → LK 9:51 MEDIUM

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

• [PROPHECY] He would publish good tidings → ROM 10:15 MEDIUM

Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

• [PROPHECY] The Servant exalted after suffering → ACTS 1:8-11; EPH 1:20-22; PHIL 2:8-9

Just as many were appalled at Him— His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—

• [PROPHECY] The Servant shockingly disfigured by abuse → LK 18:31-34; MT 26:67-68

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

• [PROPHECY] Nations startled by the message of the Servant → ROM 15:21 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] His sprinkled blood would cleanse the nations → HEB 9:13-14; REV 1:5

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?

• [PROPHECY] His own people would not believe Him → JN 12:37-38

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

• [PROPHECY] Ordinary in physical appearance → PHIL 2:7

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

• [PROPHECY] Despised by men → LK 4:28-29
• [PROPHECY] Rejected by men → MT 27:21-23
• [PROPHECY] A man of sorrows acquainted with grief → MT 26:37-38; LK 19:41; HEB 4:15; MK 14:33-34
• [PROPHECY] Men hid their faces from Him → MK 14:50-52

Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

• [PROPHECY] He bore our infirmities → MT 8:16-17
• [PROPHECY] Thought to be smitten and cursed by God → MT 26:66; 27:41-43

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

• [PROPHECY] Wounded for our transgressions → 2CO 5:21; HEB 2:9
• [PROPHECY] His sacrifice brings peace between man and God → COL 1:20
• [PROPHECY] By His stripes we are healed from sin → 1PE 2:24

We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

• [PROPHECY] The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all → 1JN 2:2; 4:10
• [PROPHECY] God's will that He bear sin for all mankind → GAL 1:4

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

• [PROPHECY] Oppressed and afflicted → MT 27:27-31
• [PROPHECY] Silent before His accusers → MT 27:12-14; 1PE 2:23
• [PROPHECY] Led as a lamb to the slaughter → JN 1:29; ACTS 8:32-35; 1PE 1:19; REV 5:6; 5:9

By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

• [PROPHECY] Confined and persecuted by judgment → MT 26:47-27:31
• [PROPHECY] He would be judged → JN 18:13-22
• [PROPHECY] Cut off from the land of the living → MT 27:35
• [PROPHECY] Stricken for the transgression of the people → 1JN 2:2

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

• [PROPHECY] Buried in a rich man's grave → MT 27:57
• [PROPHECY] Innocent and had done no violence → LK 23:41; JN 18:38
• [PROPHECY] No deceit in His mouth → 1PE 2:22

Yet it was Yahweh’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of Yahweh will prosper in His hand.

• [PROPHECY] It pleased the Father to crush Him → JN 18:11
• [PROPHECY] An offering for sin → MT 20:28; GAL 3:13
• [PROPHECY] He would prolong His days → ROM 6:9
• [PROPHECY] The pleasure of the Lord would prosper in His hand → JN 17:1-5

After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

• [PROPHECY] God fully satisfied with His suffering → JN 12:27
• [PROPHECY] God's righteous Servant would justify many → ROM 5:8-9, 18-19; 1PE 3:18
• [PROPHECY] He would bear the iniquities of many → HEB 9:28

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

• [PROPHECY] Exalted by God because of His sacrifice → MT 28:18
• [PROPHECY] He poured out His soul unto death → LK 23:46
• [PROPHECY] Numbered with the transgressors (crucified between criminals) → MK 15:27-28
• [PROPHECY] Bore the sin of many → 1PE 2:24
• [PROPHECY] He would intercede for the transgressors → LK 23:34; ROM 8:34

Then all your sons will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their prosperity.

• [PROPHECY] 'All your children shall be taught by Yahweh' → JN 6:45

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

• [PROPHECY] Raised from the dead by God → ACTS 13:34

Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

• [PROPHECY] A witness to the people → JN 18:37 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] A leader and commander of the peoples → HEB 2:10 MEDIUM

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

• [PROPHECY] God would glorify Him → ACTS 3:13 MEDIUM

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

• [PROPHECY] 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples' → MK 11:17

bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says Yahweh, “and I will heal them.”

• [PROPHECY] 'Peace to him that is far off and to him that is near' → EPH 2:17

He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

• [PROPHECY] Intercessor between man and God → MT 10:32 MEDIUM
• [PROPHECY] He would come to provide salvation → JN 6:40

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] He would come to Zion as Redeemer → LK 2:38; ROM 11:26-27

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh rises upon you.

• [PROPHECY] He would bring light to the Gentiles → ACTS 26:23

For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but Yahweh will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Nations would come bearing gold and frankincense → MT 2:11 MEDIUM

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on Me, because Yahweh has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

• [PROPHECY] The Spirit of the Lord upon Him → MT 3:16-17
• [PROPHECY] He would preach the good news (Gospel) → LK 4:16-21
• [PROPHECY] Provide freedom from the bondage of sin → JN 8:31-36
• [PROPHECY] He would proclaim a period of grace (the acceptable year) → LK 4:18-21

to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

• [PROPHECY] Say to Daughter Zion, your Savior comes → MT 21:4-5 MEDIUM

Behold, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

• [PROPHECY] A Branch of David's line → LK 3:23-31
• [PROPHECY] His name would be Yahweh Our Righteousness → 1CO 1:30; 2CO 5:21
• [FULFILLS] 'The Branch of Yahweh shall be beautiful and glorious' ← IS 4:2 MEDIUM

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: Yahweh Our Righteousness.

Instead, they will serve Yahweh their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

• [PROPHECY] Israel would serve David their king whom God would raise up → LK 1:32-33; ACTS 13:22-23

This is what Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

• [PROPHECY] Rachel weeping in Ramah for her children who are no more → MT 2:16-18

How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”

• [PROPHECY] Born of a virgin (a woman compassing a man) → MT 1:18-20 MEDIUM

Behold, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

• [PROPHECY] God would make a new covenant, write His law on hearts, and remember sins no more → LK 22:20; HEB 8:8-12; HEB 9:15; HEB 10:16-17; HEB 12:24

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh.

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares Yahweh. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares Yahweh. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Behold, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

• [PROPHECY] A righteous Branch from David's line → LK 3:23-31

In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

This is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

• [PROPHECY] God would plant a tender sprig on Israel's high mountain and birds would nest in it → MT 13:31-32; LK 1:32-33 MEDIUM

I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

This is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

• [PROPHECY] The crown would be removed and stay in ruins until He comes to whom it belongs → LK 1:32-33; REV 19:16 MEDIUM

A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’

For this is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

• [PROPHECY] I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out; I will feed them in good pasture → LK 19:10; JN 10:11-16

As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord Yahweh.

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

• [PROPHECY] I will establish one Shepherd over them, My servant David; He shall be prince among them → JN 10:11; LK 1:32; 1PE 2:25; 1PE 5:4

I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

• [PROPHECY] God would sprinkle clean water and cleanse His people → JN 3:5; TIT 3:5; HEB 10:22 MEDIUM

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

• [PROPHECY] I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will put My Spirit within you → Fulfilled in the New Covenant: HEB 8:10; HEB 10:16; TIT 3:5. Complete fulfillment for Israel yet future

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

• [PROPHECY] David My servant would be their king forever → LK 1:32-33

They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

• [PROPHECY] My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God and they My people → JN 1:14; 2CO 6:16; REV 21:3 MEDIUM

In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

• [PROPHECY] He would ascend into heaven (the Son of Man) → MT 26:64; MK 14:62; ACTS 1:9-11
• [PROPHECY] Highly exalted → EPH 1:20-22
• [PROPHECY] His dominion would be everlasting → LK 1:31-33

And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

• [PROPHECY] To make an end of sins → GAL 1:3-5
• [PROPHECY] To make reconciliation for iniquity → ROM 5:10; 2CO 5:18-21
• [PROPHECY] The Most Holy Place would be anointed → HEB 9:11-12 MEDIUM

Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

• [PROPHECY] The timeline of Messiah's announcement (70 weeks prophecy) → JN 12:12-13 MEDIUM

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

• [PROPHECY] Messiah would be cut off (killed) → MT 16:21; 21:38-39
• [PROPHECY] Killed before the destruction of the Temple (70 AD) → MT 27:50-51

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

• [PROPHECY] Those called Not My People would be called sons of the living God → ROM 9:26; 1PE 2:10

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

• [PROPHECY] God would say to Not My People, You are My people → ROM 9:25; 1PE 2:10

And everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has promised, among the remnant called by Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Salvation offered to all mankind through His name → ROM 10:9-13; ACTS 2:21

“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

• [PROPHECY] I will raise up the tabernacle of David which has fallen down... I will bring back the captives of My people Israel → ACTS 15:16-17

that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares Yahweh, who will do this.

Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

• [PROPHECY] The judge of Israel would be struck on the cheek with a rod → MT 27:30; MK 15:19 MEDIUM

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

• [PROPHECY] Born in Bethlehem → MT 2:1-6
• [PROPHECY] Ruler in Israel → LK 1:33
• [PROPHECY] From everlasting → JN 8:58

He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of Yahweh, in the majestic name of Yahweh His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

• [PROPHECY] The Ruler would shepherd His flock in the strength of Yahweh, His greatness would reach the ends of the earth, and He would be our peace → JN 10:11; EPH 2:14 MEDIUM

And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says Yahweh of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares Yahweh of Hosts.”

• [PROPHECY] The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former → LK 2:27-32; LK 19:47 MEDIUM

“On that day many nations will join themselves to Yahweh, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent Me to you.

• [PROPHECY] Many nations would join themselves to Yahweh and become His people → ACTS 15:14-17; EPH 2:19 MEDIUM

Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.

• [PROPHECY] Behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH; upon one stone are seven eyes → HEB 10:10; HEB 10:12; HEB 10:14

See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares Yahweh of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

And you are to tell him that this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Behold the Man whose name is the BRANCH; He shall build the temple of Yahweh; He shall be a priest on His throne → HEB 8:1; HEB 7:1-3
• [FULFILLS] 'The Branch of Yahweh shall be beautiful and glorious' ← IS 4:2 MEDIUM

Yes, He will build the temple of Yahweh; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

• [PROPHECY] Zion's King would come righteous and bringing salvation, humble and riding on a donkey → MT 21:4-9; JN 12:14-15

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

• [PROPHECY] Because of the blood of the covenant God would set the prisoners free → MT 26:28; HEB 13:20 MEDIUM

The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

• [PROPHECY] The Cornerstone from Judah → EPH 2:20 MEDIUM

This is what Yahweh my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

• [PROPHECY] The Shepherd sent to the doomed flock would be detested and rejected, and God would break His staff of favor with the people → JN 10:11; MT 23:37-38; LK 19:41-44; JN 19:15 MEDIUM

whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares Yahweh, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

• [PROPHECY] Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord to the potter → MT 26:14-15; MT 27:3-10

And Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter”— this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of Yahweh.

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

• [PROPHECY] His body would be pierced → JN 19:34-37

“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

• [PROPHECY] In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness → JN 19:34; 1JN 1:7; 1JN 5:6

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares Yahweh of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

• [PROPHECY] The Shepherd would be struck and the sheep would scatter → MT 26:31; MT 26:56; MK 14:27

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.

• [PROPHECY] God's name would be great among the nations with pure offerings in every place → JN 4:21-23; HEB 13:15 MEDIUM

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says Yahweh of Hosts.

• [PROPHECY] A messenger would prepare His way → MT 11:10; MK 1:2-4; LK 7:27
• [PROPHECY] Sudden appearance at the Temple → LK 2:22-32; JN 2:13-17; MT 21:12-13
• [PROPHECY] Messenger of the New Covenant → LK 22:20; HEB 8:6 MEDIUM

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

• [PROPHECY] The Lord would come like a refiner's fire to purify His people → MT 3:11-12 MEDIUM

And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to Yahweh in righteousness.

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

• [PROPHECY] The sun of righteousness would rise with healing in its wings → LK 1:78-79 MEDIUM

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah → MT 11:14; MT 17:10-13; LK 1:17

And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

• [PROPHECY] Forerunner would turn many to righteousness → LK 1:16-17

This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

• [FULFILLS] Messiah would be of David's lineage and 2 more ← 2SA 7:12; 1CH 17:11; PS 18:50

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

• [FULFILLS] The Redeemer would be born of a woman (the seed of the woman) and 3 more ← GEN 3:15; IS 7:14; IS 49:1; JER 31:22

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

• [PROPHECY] Mary would bear a Son named Jesus who would save His people from their sins → MT 1:25; MT 26:28; ACTS 5:31
• [FULFILLS] Called Yeshua ← IS 12:2 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] He would come and save His people ← IS 35:4

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).

• [FULFILLS] Announced as 'Behold your God!' ← IS 40:9 MEDIUM

But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] Mary would bear a Son named Jesus who would save His people from their sins ← MT 1:21

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

• [FULFILLS] Great kings (Magi) would visit Him ← PS 72:10-11
• [FULFILLS] Born in Bethlehem ← MIC 5:2a

asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

• [FULFILLS] Balaam's prophecy: a Star and Scepter to come out of Jacob ← NUM 24:17
• [FULFILLS] He would bear the title of King ← PS 2:6

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

• [FULFILLS] Nations would come bearing gold and frankincense ← IS 60:6 MEDIUM

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

• [FULFILLS] Rachel weeping in Ramah for her children who are no more ← JER 31:15

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

• [FULFILLS] Called a Nazarene ← IS 11:1 MEDIUM

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

• [FULFILLS] His coming preceded by a forerunner (John the Baptist) ← IS 40:3-4

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

• [PROPHECY] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit → ACTS 1:5; ACTS 2:1-4; ACTS 11:16
• [FULFILLS] The Lord would come like a refiner's fire to purify His people ← MAL 3:2-3 MEDIUM

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

• [FULFILLS] Anointed with the Holy Spirit beyond measure and 2 more ← PS 45:7; IS 11:2; IS 61:1a

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

• [FULFILLS] Declared to be the Beloved Son of God ← PS 2:7

When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

• [FULFILLS] His ministry would begin in Galilee ← IS 9:1-2

Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—

the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

• [FULFILLS] He would preach righteousness publicly in Israel ← PS 40:9 MEDIUM

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

• [FULFILLS] Yahweh would magnify His law and make it glorious ← IS 42:21 MEDIUM

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

• [FULFILLS] He would speak the wisdom of God with authority ← PS 78:2b MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] A learned counselor for the weary ← IS 50:4 MEDIUM

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

• [FULFILLS] He bore our infirmities ← IS 53:4a

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

• [PROPHECY] The Bridegroom would be taken away from His friends → MT 27:50; JN 19:30

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• [FULFILLS] God would raise up one of David's own sons and set up his kingdom ← 1CH 17:11

Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

• [FULFILLS] Intercessor between man and God ← IS 59:16a MEDIUM

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

• [FULFILLS] A ministry of miracles ← IS 35:5-6

to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

• [FULFILLS] The deaf would hear and the blind would see ← IS 29:18 MEDIUM

Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

• [FULFILLS] A messenger would prepare His way ← MAL 3:1a

And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

• [FULFILLS] Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah ← MAL 4:5

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

• [FULFILLS] Meek and lowly in heart ← IS 42:2
• [FULFILLS] A learned counselor for the weary ← IS 50:4 MEDIUM

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

• [FULFILLS] The Servant ← IS 42:1-4

He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

In His name the nations will put their hope.”

Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, like Jonah in the belly of the great fish → MT 27:59-60; MT 28:6

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

• [FULFILLS] His parables would fall on deaf ears ← IS 6:9-10

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

• [FULFILLS] God would plant a tender sprig on Israel's high mountain and birds would nest in it ← EZK 17:22-23 MEDIUM

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

• [FULFILLS] He would teach in parables ← PS 78:1-2

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

• [FULFILLS] Called Counselor (Yaatz) ← IS 9:6 MEDIUM

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

• [FULFILLS] He would expose hypocritical obedience to God's Word ← IS 29:13

‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, like Jonah in the belly of the great fish → MT 27:59-60; MT 28:6

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

• [FULFILLS] The sure foundation ← IS 28:16

From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

• [PROPHECY] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise the third day → Fulfilled in the Passion narratives
• [FULFILLS] Messiah would be cut off (killed) ← DAN 9:26a

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man would be raised from the dead → MT 28:6

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

• [FULFILLS] Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah ← MAL 4:5

Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man would suffer at their hands just as John the Baptist did → MT 27:26-31

Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up → Fulfilled in the Passion week

They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed to chief priests and scribes, condemned to death, delivered to Gentiles to mock, scourge, and crucify Him; and on the third day He will rise again → Fulfilled precisely

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

• [FULFILLS] An offering for sin ← IS 53:10b

saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

• [FULFILLS] He ties his donkey's colt to the vine and washes his robes in wine ← GEN 49:11 MEDIUM

If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

• [FULFILLS] Say to Daughter Zion, your Savior comes ← IS 62:11 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Zion's King would come righteous and bringing salvation, humble and riding on a donkey ← ZECH 9:9

“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

• [FULFILLS] The crowd would cry save us, which is Hosanna ← PS 118:25
• [FULFILLS] The Blessed One presented to Israel ← PS 118:26a

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

• [FULFILLS] Sudden appearance at the Temple ← MAL 3:1b

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

• [FULFILLS] From the mouths of infants He would perfect His praise ← PS 8:2

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

• [PROPHECY] The owner's son would be seized, thrown out, and killed by the tenants → MT 27:1-2; HEB 13:12 MEDIUM

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

• [FULFILLS] Messiah would be cut off (killed) ← DAN 9:26a

So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

• [FULFILLS] The rejected stone becomes the chief cornerstone ← PS 118:22-23

Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

• [FULFILLS] David's Lord sits at God's right hand until His enemies are His footstool ← PS 110:1

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

• [FULFILLS] A man who would be a hiding place from the storm ← IS 32:2 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd sent to the doomed flock would be detested and rejected, and God would break His staff of favor with the people ← ZECH 11:4-11 MEDIUM

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,

• [FULFILLS] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise the third day and 2 more ← MT 16:21; MK 8:31; LK 9:22; MT 20:17-19; MK 10:32-34; LK 18:31-33; MT 26:2

“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

• [PROPHECY] After two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified → Fulfilled two days later at the Passover (Matt 26-27)

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,

a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”

Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

• [PROPHECY] She has done this for My burial (regarding Mary of Bethany's anointing with costly oil) → Fulfilled at His burial (Matt 27:57-61; JN 19:38-42)

Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

• [FULFILLS] Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord to the potter ← ZECH 11:12-13

and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.

And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

• [PROPHECY] One of you will betray Me → MT 26:47-50

They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”

Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

• [FULFILLS] Melchizedek's bread and wine foreshadow the Lord's Supper ← GEN 14:18 MEDIUM

Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.

This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

• [PROPHECY] All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night; I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered (quoting Zech 13:7) → MT 26:56
• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd would be struck and the sheep would scatter ← ZECH 13:7

But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

• [PROPHECY] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee → Fulfilled after the resurrection when Jesus met disciples in Galilee (Matt 28:7, 16-17; JN 21:1, 14)

Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

• [FULFILLS] A man of sorrows acquainted with grief ← IS 53:3c

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

• [FULFILLS] Heartbroken, He looked for comforters but found none ← PS 69:20
• [FULFILLS] The Messiah's cry of suffering and loneliness ← PS 102:1-11 MEDIUM

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

• [FULFILLS] The Servant willingly bound to obedience ← IS 50:5

Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”

While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.

• [FULFILLS] Confined and persecuted by judgment ← IS 53:8a
• [FULFILLS] One of you will betray Me ← MT 26:21; MK 14:18; LK 22:21; JN 13:21

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”

Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.

At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd would be struck and the sheep would scatter ← ZECH 13:7
• [FULFILLS] All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night; I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered (quoting Zech 13:7) ← MT 26:31; MK 14:27; JN 16:32

Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

• [FULFILLS] False witnesses rose up against Him ← PS 35:11

But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”

But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

• [PROPHECY] Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven → Partially fulfilled at ascension (ACTS 1:9-11) and exaltation (ACTS 2:33); consummation in Second Coming still future
• [FULFILLS] He would ascend into heaven (the Son of Man) ← DAN 7:13-14a

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.

• [FULFILLS] Thought to be smitten and cursed by God ← IS 53:4b
• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”

Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.

But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”

After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”

At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

• [FULFILLS] They took counsel together to put Him to death and 5 more ← PS 31:13; IS 53:8a; MT 16:21; MK 8:31; LK 9:22; MT 20:17-19; MK 10:32-34; LK 18:31-33; MT 21:37-39; MK 12:6-8; LK 20:13-15; MT 26:2

They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.

When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

• [FULFILLS] The unrepentant death of the betrayer ← PS 55:15 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Thirty pieces of silver thrown into the house of the Lord to the potter ← ZECH 11:12-13

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

• [FULFILLS] Truly, the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed ← LK 22:22

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

• [FULFILLS] He remained silent before His accusers ← PS 38:12-13
• [FULFILLS] Silent before His accusers ← IS 53:7b

Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement.

Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.

“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.

• [FULFILLS] Rejected by men ← IS 53:3b

“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!”

“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

• [FULFILLS] Oppressed and afflicted ← IS 53:7a
• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.

• [FULFILLS] He was spat upon ← IS 50:6c
• [FULFILLS] The judge of Israel would be struck on the cheek with a rod ← MIC 5:1 MEDIUM

After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him.

Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

• [FULFILLS] Given vinegar to drink in His thirst ← PS 69:21

When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

• [FULFILLS] Cut off from the land of the living ← IS 53:8c

And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.

Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

• [FULFILLS] He would be scorned by men and despised by the people and 3 more ← PS 22:6; PS 22:7; PS 109:25; LAM 1:12
• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

• [FULFILLS] Thought to be smitten and cursed by God ← IS 53:4b

“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

• [FULFILLS] 'He trusted in God ← PS 22:8

In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him.

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

• [FULFILLS] He would cry out day and night with no answer ← PS 22:2 MEDIUM

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

• [FULFILLS] 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' spoken from the cross ← PS 22:1

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”

One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.

• [FULFILLS] Given vinegar to drink in His thirst ← PS 69:21

But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”

When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.

• [FULFILLS] Killed before the destruction of the Temple (70 AD) ← DAN 9:26b
• [FULFILLS] The Bridegroom would be taken away from His friends ← MT 9:15; MK 2:20; LK 5:35

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

• [FULFILLS] The leaders would lift up the Son of Man and then know who He is ← JN 8:28

And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] Buried in a rich man's grave ← IS 53:9a
• [FULFILLS] She has done this for My burial (regarding Mary of Bethany's anointing with costly oil) ← MT 26:12; MK 14:8; JN 12:7

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

• [FULFILLS] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise the third day ← MT 16:21; MK 8:31; LK 9:22

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

• [FULFILLS] The Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, like Jonah in the belly of the great fish ← MT 12:39-40; MT 16:4; LK 11:29-30
• [FULFILLS] The Son of Man would be raised from the dead ← MT 17:9; MK 9:9

Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”

• [FULFILLS] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee ← MT 26:32; MK 14:28

So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.

• [FULFILLS] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee ← MT 26:32; MK 14:28

When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

• [FULFILLS] The Lord's Anointed King ← 1SA 2:10 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Exalted by God because of His sacrifice ← IS 53:12a

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

• [FULFILLS] A messenger would prepare His way ← MAL 3:1a

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

• [PROPHECY] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit → ACTS 1:5; ACTS 2:1-4; ACTS 11:16

But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

• [PROPHECY] The Bridegroom would be taken away from His friends → MT 27:50; JN 19:30

The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

• [FULFILLS] The deaf would hear and the blind would see ← IS 29:18 MEDIUM

Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

• [PROPHECY] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise the third day → Fulfilled in the Passion narratives

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man would be raised from the dead → MT 28:6

He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man would suffer at their hands just as John the Baptist did → MT 27:26-31

because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up → Fulfilled in the Passion week

As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed to chief priests and scribes, condemned to death, delivered to Gentiles to mock, scourge, and crucify Him; and on the third day He will rise again → Fulfilled precisely

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,

who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man came to give His life a ransom for many → Fulfilled at the crucifixion

Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

• [FULFILLS] 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples' ← IS 56:7

Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

• [PROPHECY] The owner's son would be seized, thrown out, and killed by the tenants → MT 27:1-2; HEB 13:12 MEDIUM

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

• [PROPHECY] She has done this for My burial (regarding Mary of Bethany's anointing with costly oil) → Fulfilled at His burial (Matt 27:57-61; JN 19:38-42)

And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”

• [PROPHECY] One of you will betray Me → MT 26:47-50

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

• [PROPHECY] All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night; I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered (quoting Zech 13:7) → MT 26:56
• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd would be struck and the sheep would scatter ← ZECH 13:7

But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

• [PROPHECY] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee → Fulfilled after the resurrection when Jesus met disciples in Galilee (Matt 28:7, 16-17; JN 21:1, 14)

He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

• [FULFILLS] A man of sorrows acquainted with grief ← IS 53:3c
• [WHY] Here His soul is crushed with grief, even to the point of death.

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

• [FULFILLS] His delight was to do the Father's will ← PS 40:6-8
• [WHY] Hebrews 10:7 puts Psalm 40 in Jesus' mouth. Here He lives it the hard way: not what I will, but what You will.

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

• [FULFILLS] Heartbroken, He looked for comforters but found none ← PS 69:20
• [WHY] He asked three friends to keep watch, and three times they fell asleep.

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.

• [FULFILLS] Betrayed by a close friend who shared His table ← PS 41:9
• [WHY] Judas ate the Last Supper with Jesus, then came back leading the mob. Jesus quoted this psalm about Judas in John 13:18.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”

Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

Then everyone deserted Him and fled.

• [FULFILLS] His acquaintances fled from Him at His arrest ← PS 31:11
• [FULFILLS] Men hid their faces from Him ← IS 53:3d

One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

but he pulled free of the linen cloth and ran away naked.

But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

• [FULFILLS] The Son of Man at God's right hand ← PS 80:17 MEDIUM

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

• [PROPHECY] Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven → Partially fulfilled at ascension (ACTS 1:9-11) and exaltation (ACTS 2:33); consummation in Second Coming still future
• [FULFILLS] He would ascend into heaven (the Son of Man) ← DAN 7:13-14a

You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.

Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.

And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”

They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.

• [FULFILLS] The judge of Israel would be struck on the cheek with a rod ← MIC 5:1 MEDIUM

After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.

Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.

• [FULFILLS] Numbered with the transgressors (crucified between criminals) ← IS 53:12c

[And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors.”]

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

come down from the cross and save Yourself!”

In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.

At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

• [FULFILLS] 'My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?' spoken from the cross ← PS 22:1
• [FULFILLS] He suffered agony at Calvary ← PS 22:14-15

When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.

• [FULFILLS] His strength poured out like water and His bones out of joint ← PS 22:14 MEDIUM

Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

• [FULFILLS] Forerunner would turn many to righteousness ← MAL 4:6

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

• [FULFILLS] Forerunner in the spirit of Elijah ← MAL 4:5

Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] A child would be born and 2 more ← IS 9:6; IS 49:5; DAN 7:13-14c
• [PROPHECY] You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus (Gabriel to Mary) → LK 2:6-7; LK 2:11; ACTS 2:30-36

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

• [FULFILLS] He would be called the Son of God and 11 more ← 2SA 7:14a; 1CH 17:12-13; PS 89:3-4; PS 132:11; IS 9:6; IS 9:7; IS 16:5; JER 30:9; EZK 17:22-23; EZK 21:26-27; EZK 34:23-24; EZK 37:24-25

and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

• [FULFILLS] Ruler in Israel ← MIC 5:2b

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

• [PROPHECY] You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus (Gabriel to Mary) → LK 2:6-7; LK 2:11; ACTS 2:30-36
• [FULFILLS] He would be born of a virgin ← IS 7:14

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

• [PROPHECY] God was raising up a horn of salvation from the house of David → LK 2:11; ACTS 13:22-23

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

• [FULFILLS] A horn of salvation raised up for His people ← PS 18:2-3 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] God would make a horn of salvation grow for David ← PS 132:17 MEDIUM

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

• [FULFILLS] The sun of righteousness would rise with healing in its wings ← MAL 4:2 MEDIUM

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

• [FULFILLS] The Messiah would come before the scepter departed from Judah ← GEN 49:10 MEDIUM

This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

• [FULFILLS] You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus (Gabriel to Mary) ← LK 1:31-33, 35

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

• [FULFILLS] Cared for from birth ← PS 22:9-10 MEDIUM

Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!

• [FULFILLS] Called the Christ (the Anointed One) and 2 more ← PS 45:7-8; LK 1:31-33, 35; LK 1:68-71

And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

• [FULFILLS] Sudden appearance at the Temple ← MAL 3:1b

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

• [FULFILLS] 'Comfort, comfort My people' ← IS 40:1-2 MEDIUM

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

• [FULFILLS] The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former ← HAG 2:9 MEDIUM

Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

• [FULFILLS] He is Salvation for Israel ← IS 49:6

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

• [PROPHECY] The child would be a light of revelation to the Gentiles → ACTS 13:47-48; ACTS 10:44-45

which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

• [FULFILLS] The Light (salvation) of the Gentiles ← IS 42:6

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

• [PROPHECY] This Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel... a sword will pierce through your own soul also (Simeon to Mary) → JN 7:43; JN 19:25

so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed— and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”

Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] He would come to Zion as Redeemer ← IS 59:20

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

• [FULFILLS] His coming preceded by a forerunner (John the Baptist) ← IS 40:3-4

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

• [FULFILLS] 'The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed' ← IS 40:5

John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

• [PROPHECY] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit → ACTS 1:5; ACTS 2:1-4; ACTS 11:16

Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

• [FULFILLS] A rod from the stem of Jesse and 2 more ← IS 11:1; JER 23:5-6; JER 33:14-15

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

• [FULFILLS] David's house and throne established forever ← 2SA 7:16

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

• [FULFILLS] Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah ← GEN 49:10

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

• [FULFILLS] The Messianic line continues through Isaac, not Ishmael ← GEN 17:19
• [FULFILLS] The Messiah would descend from Jacob ← GEN 28:14

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

• [FULFILLS] The God of Shem would become a Son of Shem ← GEN 9:26-27 MEDIUM

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

• [FULFILLS] He would preach the good news (Gospel) ← IS 61:1b

the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

• [FULFILLS] Words of grace would flow from His lips ← PS 45:2 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Called Wonderful (Peleh) ← IS 9:6 MEDIUM

On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

• [FULFILLS] Despised by men ← IS 53:3a

They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

• [PROPHECY] The Bridegroom would be taken away from His friends → MT 27:50; JN 19:30

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

• [FULFILLS] He would know men's thoughts ← IS 11:3

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

• [FULFILLS] A messenger would prepare His way ← MAL 3:1a

“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

• [PROPHECY] Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise the third day → Fulfilled in the Passion narratives

“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up → Fulfilled in the Passion week

As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] The Servant would set His face like flint ← IS 50:7 MEDIUM

As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, like Jonah in the belly of the great fish → MT 27:59-60; MT 28:6

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’

• [PROPHECY] Today and tomorrow I cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish My course → Fulfilled

Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

• [PROPHECY] But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation → Fulfilled in His rejection and crucifixion

Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

• [PROPHECY] The Son of Man will be betrayed to chief priests and scribes, condemned to death, delivered to Gentiles to mock, scourge, and crucify Him; and on the third day He will rise again → Fulfilled precisely
• [FULFILLS] The Servant shockingly disfigured by abuse ← IS 52:14

He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

• [FULFILLS] I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out; I will feed them in good pasture ← EZK 34:11-16

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

• [FULFILLS] A man of sorrows acquainted with grief ← IS 53:3c
• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd sent to the doomed flock would be detested and rejected, and God would break His staff of favor with the people ← ZECH 11:4-11 MEDIUM

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

• [FULFILLS] The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former ← HAG 2:9 MEDIUM

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

• [PROPHECY] The owner's son would be seized, thrown out, and killed by the tenants → MT 27:1-2; HEB 13:12 MEDIUM

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

• [PROPHECY] I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; I will not eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God → Fulfilled at His crucifixion later that same week

For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.

• [FULFILLS] God would make a new covenant, write His law on hearts, and remember sins no more ← JER 31:31-34
• [FULFILLS] Messenger of the New Covenant ← MAL 3:1c MEDIUM

Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.

• [PROPHECY] One of you will betray Me → MT 26:47-50

Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”

• [PROPHECY] Truly, the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed → Fulfilled by Judas that night; Judas's woe fulfilled in his subsequent suicide (Matt 27:5)

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

• [PROPHECY] This which is written must yet be accomplished in Me: 'And He was numbered with the transgressors' (Isa 53:12) → Fulfilled at the crucifixion

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] This which is written must yet be accomplished in Me: 'And He was numbered with the transgressors' (Isa 53:12) ← LK 22:37

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

• [FULFILLS] Stripped and stared at by His persecutors and 2 more ← PS 22:17-18; PS 109:4; IS 53:12e

The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

• [FULFILLS] He would be scorned by men and despised by the people ← PS 22:6 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”

We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

• [FULFILLS] Innocent and had done no violence ← IS 53:9b

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

• [FULFILLS] Heaven darkened at His humiliation ← IS 50:3 MEDIUM

The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

• [FULFILLS] 'Into Your hands I commit My spirit' ← PS 31:5
• [FULFILLS] He poured out His soul unto death ← IS 53:12b

But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

• [FULFILLS] His friends stood at a distance during His suffering ← PS 38:11 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] They stood at a distance and watched Him die ← PS 88:8 MEDIUM

As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

• [FULFILLS] His resurrection assured ← PS 118:17-18

He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:

‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

• [FULFILLS] A stranger to His own brethren ← PS 69:8
• [FULFILLS] Despised by the nation of Israel ← IS 49:7

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

• [FULFILLS] Words of grace would flow from His lips ← PS 45:2 MEDIUM

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

• [FULFILLS] His coming preceded by a forerunner (John the Baptist) ← IS 40:3-4

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

• [PROPHECY] Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world → JN 19:14; JN 19:36; 1PE 1:19; 1JN 3:5 MEDIUM

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

• [PROPHECY] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit → ACTS 1:5; ACTS 2:1-4; ACTS 11:16

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

• [FULFILLS] He would be the Anointed One ← PS 2:2

When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] Sudden appearance at the Temple ← MAL 3:1b

In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

• [FULFILLS] Zealous for His Father's house ← PS 69:9

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

• [PROPHECY] Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up (speaking of the temple of His body) → Fulfilled in His death and third-day resurrection (JN 20)

“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

• [FULFILLS] He would know men's thoughts ← IS 11:3

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

• [FULFILLS] He came as a divinely sent Teacher ← IS 48:16-17 MEDIUM

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

• [FULFILLS] God would sprinkle clean water and cleanse His people ← EZK 36:25 MEDIUM

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

• [PROPHECY] As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up → Fulfilled at the crucifixion (JN 19:17-18)

“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] God's name would be great among the nations with pure offerings in every place ← MAL 1:11 MEDIUM

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

• [FULFILLS] His delight was to do the Father's will ← PS 40:6-8

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

• [FULFILLS] Believing Moses would lead one to believe in Christ ← DT 18:15-16

If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

• [FULFILLS] A Prophet like Moses would arise ← DT 18:15

For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

• [FULFILLS] He would come to provide salvation ← IS 59:16b

It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

• [FULFILLS] 'All your children shall be taught by Yahweh' ← IS 54:13

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

• [PROPHECY] The bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world → Fulfilled at Calvary

Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

• [PROPHECY] Have I not chosen you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil? He spoke of Judas Iscariot, for it was he who would betray Him → Fulfilled by Judas in the arrest (JN 18:2-3)

He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

• [FULFILLS] A stranger to His own brethren ← PS 69:8

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] This Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel... a sword will pierce through your own soul also (Simeon to Mary) ← LK 2:34-35

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

• [FULFILLS] He is the Light of the Gentiles ← IS 49:6

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

• [PROPHECY] The leaders would lift up the Son of Man and then know who He is → JN 19:17-18; MT 27:54
• [FULFILLS] Sent by the Father to speak God's words ← DT 18:18

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

• [FULFILLS] Provide freedom from the bondage of sin ← IS 61:1c

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”

• [FULFILLS] Despised by the nation of Israel ← IS 49:7

“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

• [FULFILLS] He would open blind eyes ← IS 42:7

“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

• [FULFILLS] A compassionate Shepherd who gives life ← IS 40:11

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

• [PROPHECY] I lay down My life for the sheep... I lay it down of Myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again → Fulfilled in willing crucifixion and self-resurrection

The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

• [PROPHECY] I lay down My life for the sheep... I lay it down of Myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again → Fulfilled in willing crucifixion and self-resurrection

I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

• [FULFILLS] To Him the obedience of the peoples would belong ← GEN 49:10

The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

• [PROPHECY] I lay down My life for the sheep... I lay it down of Myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again → Fulfilled in willing crucifixion and self-resurrection

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

I and the Father are one.”

• [FULFILLS] Called Everlasting Father (Avi Adth) ← IS 9:6

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

• [PROPHECY] Caiaphas prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and gather God's scattered children → JN 18:14; JN 19:30; ACTS 10:43

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

• [FULFILLS] They took counsel together to put Him to death ← PS 31:13

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

• [PROPHECY] She has done this for My burial (regarding Mary of Bethany's anointing with costly oil) → Fulfilled at His burial (Matt 27:57-61; JN 19:38-42)

The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] The timeline of Messiah's announcement (70 weeks prophecy) ← DAN 9:25 MEDIUM

They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”

• [FULFILLS] The crowd would cry save us, which is Hosanna ← PS 118:25

Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

• [FULFILLS] Zion's King would come righteous and bringing salvation, humble and riding on a donkey ← ZECH 9:9

“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

• [FULFILLS] The Lord's Anointed King ← 1SA 2:10 MEDIUM

That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

• [FULFILLS] The Gentiles would seek Him ← IS 11:10

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

• [FULFILLS] The nations would wait on His teachings ← IS 42:4 MEDIUM

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.

But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

• [PROPHECY] The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone → Fulfilled at the crucifixion and its resulting harvest of believers

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

• [FULFILLS] God fully satisfied with His suffering ← IS 53:11a

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”

• [PROPHECY] If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all peoples to Myself → Fulfilled at the crucifixion

He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

• [FULFILLS] His own people would not believe Him ← IS 53:1

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

• [FULFILLS] Isaiah saw the glory of Christ pre-incarnate ← IS 6:1

Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

• [PROPHECY] He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me (quoting Ps 41:9); I tell you before it comes, that when it does you may believe that I am He → Fulfilled by Judas that same night (JN 13:21-30)
• [FULFILLS] Betrayed by a close friend who shared His table ← PS 41:9
• [FULFILLS] Betrayed by a familiar friend, not an enemy ← PS 55:12-14

I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

• [PROPHECY] One of you will betray Me → MT 26:47-50
• [FULFILLS] He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me (quoting Ps 41:9); I tell you before it comes, that when it does you may believe that I am He ← JN 13:18-19

The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant.

One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.

So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.

Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.

Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.

As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

• [PROPHECY] Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself → Fulfilled in the crucifixion (John's glorification theology), resurrection, and ascension

If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

• [PROPHECY] A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also → Fulfilled in post-resurrection appearances to disciples only (JN 20:19-29; 21)

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

• [FULFILLS] He was hated without a cause ← PS 35:19
• [FULFILLS] Hated without cause ← PS 69:4

But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

• [FULFILLS] He would send the Spirit of God ← IS 44:3

And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;

in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”

• [PROPHECY] A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father → JN 19:30; JN 20:19-20

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

• [PROPHECY] The disciples' grief would turn to joy when they saw Jesus again → JN 20:20

A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

• [PROPHECY] I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father → Fulfilled in death, resurrection, and ascension

“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

• [PROPHECY] All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night; I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered (quoting Zech 13:7) → MT 26:56

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

• [FULFILLS] Called Prince of Peace (Sar Shalom) ← IS 9:6

When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

• [FULFILLS] The pleasure of the Lord would prosper in His hand ← IS 53:10d

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

• [FULFILLS] Have I not chosen you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil? He spoke of Judas Iscariot, for it was he who would betray Him ← JN 6:70-71

So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

• [FULFILLS] It pleased the Father to crush Him ← IS 53:10a

They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

• [FULFILLS] He would be judged ← IS 53:8b

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

• [FULFILLS] Caiaphas prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and gather God's scattered children ← JN 11:50-52

Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”

When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

• [FULFILLS] A witness to the people ← IS 55:4a MEDIUM

“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

• [FULFILLS] Innocent and had done no violence ← IS 53:9b

As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

• [FULFILLS] His enemies surround Him seeking His death ← PS 22:12-13

“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

• [FULFILLS] The righteous one mocked as God's son ← WIS 2:12-20 (Apocrypha, not Scripture)

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

• [FULFILLS] Despised by the nation of Israel ← IS 49:7
• [FULFILLS] Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ← JN 1:29 MEDIUM

At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

• [FULFILLS] The Shepherd sent to the doomed flock would be detested and rejected, and God would break His staff of favor with the people ← ZECH 11:4-11 MEDIUM

Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

• [FULFILLS] His garments divided, lots cast for His clothing ← PS 22:18

So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.

Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.

• [FULFILLS] This Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel... a sword will pierce through your own soul also (Simeon to Mary) ← LK 2:34-35

After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

• [FULFILLS] He thirsted on the cross ← PS 22:15
• [FULFILLS] Given vinegar to drink in His thirst ← PS 69:21

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

• [FULFILLS] His declaration: 'It is finished' and 4 more ← PS 22:31; PS 110:7; MT 9:15; MK 2:20; LK 5:35; JN 11:50-52; JN 16:16

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

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

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

• [FULFILLS] His strength poured out like water and His bones out of joint and 2 more ← PS 22:14; ZECH 12:10a; ZECH 13:1

The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

• [FULFILLS] Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ← JN 1:29 MEDIUM

And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

• [FULFILLS] She has done this for My burial (regarding Mary of Bethany's anointing with costly oil) ← MT 26:12; MK 14:8; JN 12:7

Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

• [FULFILLS] Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up (speaking of the temple of His body) ← JN 2:19-21

So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”

Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

The cloth that had been around Jesus’ head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths.

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

• [FULFILLS] He would rise from the dead ← PS 16:9-11

Then the disciples returned to their homes.

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

• [FULFILLS] His resurrection declared to His brethren ← PS 22:22
• [FULFILLS] The chosen King would call God my Father ← PS 89:26 MEDIUM

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

• [FULFILLS] A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also ← JN 14:19
• [FULFILLS] A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father ← JN 16:16

After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

• [FULFILLS] The disciples' grief would turn to joy when they saw Jesus again ← JN 16:20-22

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

• [FULFILLS] They pierced His hands and feet ← PS 22:16

Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

• [FULFILLS] Eternal life through faith in Him ← PS 2:12

Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:

• [FULFILLS] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee ← MT 26:32; MK 14:28
• [FULFILLS] A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also ← JN 14:19

Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.

Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.

So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.

He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.

The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.

When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.

Jesus told them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.

“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.

This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.

• [FULFILLS] After I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee ← MT 26:32; MK 14:28

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.

For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

• [FULFILLS] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit ← MT 3:11; MK 1:8; LK 3:16; JN 1:33

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

• [FULFILLS] The Servant exalted after suffering ← IS 52:13

After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

• [FULFILLS] He would ascend into heaven (the Son of Man) ← DAN 7:13-14a
• [FULFILLS] Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven ← MT 26:64; MK 14:62

They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

• [FULFILLS] The unrepentant death of the betrayer ← PS 55:15 MEDIUM

He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’

• [FULFILLS] The betrayer's place would be left empty ← PS 69:25
• [FULFILLS] Another would take the betrayer's position ← PS 109:8

Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias. So he was added to the eleven apostles.

• [FULFILLS] Another would take the betrayer's position ← PS 109:8

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

• [FULFILLS] Salvation offered to all mankind through His name ← JOEL 2:32

David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

• [FULFILLS] The Holy One sets Yahweh always before Him and will not be shaken ← PS 16:8

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

• [FULFILLS] 'The last words of David' prophesying of the latter messianic days and 3 more ← 2SA 23:1; PS 89:3-4; PS 132:11; LK 1:31-33, 35

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

• [FULFILLS] His body would not see corruption (decay) in the tomb ← PS 16:10

God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

• [FULFILLS] Resurrection from the grave foreshadowed ← PS 30:3 MEDIUM

Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

• [FULFILLS] David's Lord sits at God's right hand until His enemies are His footstool ← PS 110:1

until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

• [FULFILLS] He would be the Anointed One ← PS 2:2

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

• [FULFILLS] God would glorify Him ← IS 55:5 MEDIUM

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

• [FULFILLS] He would restore Israel ← IS 49:6 MEDIUM

that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.

Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

• [FULFILLS] Those who reject this Prophet would bear their own sin ← DT 18:19

Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

• [FULFILLS] Through Abraham's seed all nations would be blessed and 2 more ← GEN 12:3; GEN 18:18; GEN 26:2-5

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

• [FULFILLS] The precious cornerstone of the Messianic kingdom ← IS 28:16

Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

• [FULFILLS] 'Look to Me and be saved, all ends of the earth' ← IS 45:22

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

• [FULFILLS] The hostility of kings and rulers against the Messiah foreordained ← PS 2:1-3

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

• [FULFILLS] Mary would bear a Son named Jesus who would save His people from their sins ← MT 1:21

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

• [FULFILLS] Led as a lamb to the slaughter ← IS 53:7c

In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

• [FULFILLS] Anointed by the Spirit ← IS 11:2

All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

• [FULFILLS] Caiaphas prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and gather God's scattered children ← JN 11:50-52

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

• [FULFILLS] The child would be a light of revelation to the Gentiles ← LK 2:30-32

All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

• [FULFILLS] The One coming after John would baptize with the Holy Spirit ← MT 3:11; MK 1:8; LK 3:16; JN 1:33

After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

• [FULFILLS] The crucifixion and resurrection foreshadowed ← PS 2:7-8

But God raised Him from the dead,

and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

• [FULFILLS] Raised from the dead by God ← IS 55:3

So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

• [FULFILLS] His body would not see corruption (decay) in the tomb ← PS 16:10

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

• [FULFILLS] He is the Light of the Gentiles ← IS 49:6
• [FULFILLS] The child would be a light of revelation to the Gentiles ← LK 2:30-32

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

• [FULFILLS] He is Salvation to the ends of the earth ← IS 49:6

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

• [FULFILLS] Many nations would join themselves to Yahweh and become His people ← ZECH 2:11 MEDIUM

The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

• [FULFILLS] He would restore Israel ← IS 49:6 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] I will raise up the tabernacle of David which has fallen down... I will bring back the captives of My people Israel ← AMOS 9:11-12

so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

that have been known for ages.’

that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

• [FULFILLS] He would bring light to the Gentiles ← IS 60:1-3

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

• [FULFILLS] His parables would fall on deaf ears ← IS 6:9-10

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

• [FULFILLS] Declared to be the Beloved Son of God ← PS 2:7

No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

• [FULFILLS] God would circumcise the hearts of His people so they would love Him ← DT 30:6 MEDIUM

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

• [FULFILLS] God's righteous Servant would justify many ← IS 53:11b

Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

• [FULFILLS] To make reconciliation for iniquity ← DAN 9:24b

So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

• [FULFILLS] God's righteous Servant would justify many ← IS 53:11b

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.

• [FULFILLS] He would prolong His days ← IS 53:10c

Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

• [FULFILLS] He would intercede for the transgressors ← IS 53:12e

Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

• [FULFILLS] Abraham's promised offspring would come through Isaac ← GEN 21:12

As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

• [FULFILLS] God would say to Not My People, You are My people ← HOS 2:23

and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

• [FULFILLS] Those called Not My People would be called sons of the living God ← HOS 1:10

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

• [FULFILLS] Salvation offered to all mankind through His name ← JOEL 2:32

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

• [FULFILLS] He would publish good tidings ← IS 52:7 MEDIUM

I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

• [FULFILLS] God would make Israel jealous through a people who were not a nation ← DT 32:21

And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

• [FULFILLS] Those who reject Him would be blinded and trapped ← PS 69:22-23

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

• [FULFILLS] God would make Israel jealous through a people who were not a nation ← DT 32:21

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.

• [FULFILLS] He would come to Zion as Redeemer ← IS 59:20

And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

• [FULFILLS] Zealous for His Father's house ← PS 69:9

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

• [FULFILLS] The king would praise God among the nations ← 2SA 22:50
• [FULFILLS] The king would praise God among the nations ← PS 18:49

Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

• [FULFILLS] The nations would rejoice with God's people and angels would worship Him ← DT 32:43

Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

• [FULFILLS] Nations startled by the message of the Servant ← IS 52:15 MEDIUM

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

• [FULFILLS] The wisdom of the wise would be confounded ← IS 29:14 MEDIUM
• [NOTE] Isaiah 29:14 is quoted in 1:19. God has always turned human wisdom upside down. The cross looked like weakness and defeat, but it was the power of God to save.

For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.