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FULFILLMENT |
Descendant of Abraham
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Genesis 18:18 "Abraham will
surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on
earth will be blessed through him." |
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Acts 3:25 "And you are heirs
of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers.
He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth
will be blessed.'" |
Descendant of Isaac
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Genesis 17:19 "Then God said,
'Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will
call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.'" |
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Matthew 1:2 "Abraham was the
father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father
of Judah and his brothers. |
Descendant of Jacob
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Numbers 24:17 "I see him, but
not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of
Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel." |
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Luke 3:34 "The son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor." |
Will descend from the tribe of Judah
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Genesis 49:10 "The scepter
will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between
his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience
of the nations is his." |
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Luke 3:33 "The son of Amminadab,
the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son
of Judah." |
Place of birth to be Bethlehem
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Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out
of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose
origins are from of old, from ancient times." |
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Matthew 2:1 "After Jesus was
born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod..." |
Will be born of a virgin
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Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the
Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child
and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." |
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Matthew 1:18 "This is how the
birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was pledged
to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she
was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit." |
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Infants will be slaughtered
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Jeremiah 31:15 "This is what
the Lord says: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great
weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be
comforted, because her children are no more.'" |
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Matthew 2:16 "When Herod realized
that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and
he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity
who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time
he had learned from the Magi." |
Will escape into Egypt as a child
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Hoseah 11:1 "When Israel was
a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son." |
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Matthew 2:14 "So he got up,
took the child and his mother during the night and left for
Egypt." |
Will minister in Galilee and along the Jordan River
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Isaiah 9:1-2 "Nevertheless,
there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress.
In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by
the way of the sea, along the Jordan--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." |
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Matthew 4:12-16 "Jesus...returned
to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum,
which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali--to
fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: Land of Zebulun
and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along 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." |
He will be rejected by the Jewish people
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Isaiah 53:3 "He was despised
and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and
we esteemed him not." |
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John 1:11 "He came to that
which was his own, but his own did not receive him." |
Character of wisdom and understanding
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Isaiah 11:2 "The Spirit of
the Lord will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord." |
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Luke 2:52 "And Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." |
He will enter triumphantly into Jerusalem on a young donkey
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Zechariah 9:9 "Rejoice greatly,
O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your
king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and
riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." |
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John 12:13-14 "They took palm
branches and went out to meet him, shouting, 'Hosanna!' 'Blessed
is the King of Israel!' Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon
it, as it is written." |
The time of his entry prophesied to
the very day
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Daniel 9:25-26 "Know and understand
this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem until the Annointed One, the ruler, comes, there will
be seven 'sevens' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt
with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the
sixty-two 'sevens' the Annointed One will be cut off and will
have nothing." |
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This prophesy refers to weeks of
years, or 483 biblical years. Beginning with the exact day on
which Persian King Artaxerxes gave the decree to rebuild the
walls of Jerusalem (March 5, 444BC), exactly 173,880 days later--Palm
Sunday, March 30, AD33--Christ rode into Jerusalem the week
before he was 'cut off' (crucified). This is the precise number
of days spanning 483 biblical years, which were then measured
as 12 months of 30 days each.1 |
Betrayed by a close friend
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Psalm 41:9 "Even my close friend,
whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel
against me." |
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Mark 14:10 "Then Judas Iscariot,
one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus
to them." |
He will be sold for thirty pieces of silver
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Zechariah 11:12 "I told them,
'If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.'
So they paid me thirty pieces of silver." |
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Matthew 26:15 "And asked, 'What
are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?' So they
counted out for him thirty pieces of silver." |
Money returned and used to buy potter's field
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Zechariah 11:13 "And the Lord
said to me, 'Throw it to the potter'--the handsome price at
which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver
and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter." |
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Matthew 27:6-7 "The chief priests
picked up the coins and said, 'It is against the law to put
this into the treasury, since it is blood money.' So they decided
to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place
for foreigners." |
Silent when accused during his trial
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Isaiah 53:7 "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." |
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Matthew 26:62-63 "Then the
high priest stood up and said to Jesus, 'Are you not going to
answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against
you?' But Jesus remained silent. 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.'" |
He will suffer for others
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Isaiah 53:4-5 "Surely he took
up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered
him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 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
wounds we are healed." |
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Matthew 8:16-17 "When evening
came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and
he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
'He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.'" |
He will be crucified with sinners
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Isaiah 53:12 "Therefore I will
give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils
with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin
of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." |
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Matthew 27:38 "Two robbers
were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left." |
His hands and feet will be pierced
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Psalm 22:16 "Dogs have surrounded
me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my
hands and my feet." |
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John 20:27 "Then he said to
Thomas, 'Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.'" |
Will be mocked and insulted by the people
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Psalm 22:6-8 "But I am a worm
and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. All
who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
'He trusts in the Lord; let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver
him, since he delights in him.'" |
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Matthew 27:39-40 "Those who
passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying,
'You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three
days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the
Son of God!'" |
Will be given gall and vinegar to drink
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Psalm 69:21 "They put gall
in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst." |
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John 19:29 "A jar of wine vinegar
was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on
a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips." |
His side will be pierced with a spear
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Zechariah 12:10 "And I will
pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the
one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns
for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves
for a firstborn son." |
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John 19:34 "Instead, one of
the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden
flow of blood and water." |
Soldiers will cast lots for his clothing
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Psalm 22:18 "They divide my
garments among them and cast lots for my clothing." |
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Mark 15:24 "And they crucified
him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each
would get." |
Not a bone of his body will be broken
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Psalm 34: 20 "He protects all
his bones, not one of them will be broken." |
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John 19:33 "But when they came
to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break
his legs." |
Will be buried in a rich man's tomb
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Isaiah 53:9 "He was assigned
a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though
he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth." |
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Matthew 27:57-60 "As evening
approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph,
who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate,
he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given
to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the
rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the
tomb and went away." |
He will be resurrected after his death
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Psalm 16:10 "Because you will
not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One
see decay." |
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Matthew 28:9 "Suddenly Jesus
met them. 'Greetings,' he said. They came to him, clasped his
feet and worshiped him." |
He will ascend into heaven
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Psalm 68:18 "When you ascended
on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts
from men, even from the rebellious--that you, O Lord God, might
dwell there." |
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Luke 24:50-51 "When he had
led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands
and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and
was taken up into heaven." |