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Fulfilled prophecies about Jesus

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01 - The Messiah is a descendant of Abraham

prophesied in: Genesis 12,3

        fulfilled in: Matthew 1,1

02 - The Messiah is a descendant of Isaac

prophesied in: Genesis 22,18 / Genesis 26,1-4

 fulfilled in: Matthew 1,2 / Galatians 3,16

03 - The Messiah is a descendant of Jacob

prophesied in: Genesis 28,14 / Numeri 24,17

      fulfilled in: Matthew 1,2 / Luke 3,23-34

04 - The Messiah comes from the tribe of Judah

prophesied in: Genesis 49,10 / 1st Chronicles 5,2

         fulfilled in: Matthew 1,2-16 / Hebrews 7,14

05 - The Messiah is a descendant of Jesse

prophesied in: Isaiah 11,1

                 fulfilled in: Matthew 1,5-16

06 - The Messiah is a descendant of King David

prophesied in: 2nd Samuel 7,12-13 / Jeremiah 23,5 /

Jeremiah 33,15 / Psalm 132,11

fulfilled in: Matthew 1,1 / Luke 1,31-33 / Romans 1,3                

07 - The Messiah is born in Bethlehem

prophesied in: Micah 5,1

 fulfilled in: Matthew 2,1 / Luke 2,3-7

08 - The Messiah will be born of a virgin

prophesied in: Isaiah 7,14

                  fulfilled in: Matthew 1,20-23

09 - A star will announce the birth of the Messiah

prophesied in: Numeri 24,17

           fulfilled in: Matthew 2,2-11

10 - The Messiah will be gifted by wise men from the East

prophesied in: Psalm 72,10

             fulfilled in: Matthew 2,1-11

11 - At the birthplace of the Messiah many children will be killed

prophesied in: Jeremiah 31,15

             fulfilled in: Matthew 2,17-18

12 - The Messiah will remain in Egypt for a time

prophesied in: Hosea 11,1

fulfilled in: Matthew 2,13-15

13 - The Messiah will be called "Nazarene"

prophesied in: Isaiah 4,2 / Isaiah 11,1 / Jeremiah 23,5 /

Zechariah 3,8 / Zechariah 6,12

fulfilled in: Matthew 2,23

14 - The Messiah will be called "Son of God"

prophesied in: Psalm 2,7 / 2nd Samuel 7,14

fulfilled in: Luke 1,35

15 - The Messiah will be a king

prophesied in: Psalm 2,6

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,37 / John 18,33-37

16 - The Messiah will be without sin

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,9

fulfilled in: Luke 19,4-6 / Luke 23,4 + 14 + 22 + 41 /

John 18,38 / 2nd Peter 2,22

17 - The Messiah will come from a humble background

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,2

       fulfilled in: Luke 9,58

18 - The coming of the Messiah is announced by a forerunner

prophesied in: Isaiah 40,3-5 / Malachi 3,1

fulfilled in: Matthew 3,1-3 / Luke 1,76-78 / Luke 3,3-6

19 - The Messiah will begin his ministry in Zebulun/Naphtali (Galilee)

prophesied in: Isaiah 8,22 / Isaiah 9,1

fulfilled in: Matthew 4,12-17 / Luke 23,5

20 - The Holy Spirit of God will be on the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 11,2 / Isaiah 42,1 / Isaiah 61,1-2

fulfilled in: Matthew 3,16 / Mark 1,10 / Luke 2,21-22 / Luke 4,18-21

21 - The Messiah will jealous for his God

prophesied in: Psalm 69,9

                fulfilled in: John 2,15-17

22 - The Messiah will speak in parables

   prophesied in: Psalm 78,2 / Isaiah 6,9-10

fulfilled in: Matthew 13,34-35

23 - The Messiah will do miracles

prophesied in: Isaiah 35,4-6

fulfilled in: Matthew 9,35Matthew 11,4-6 /

Matthew 15,30-31 / Luke 7,21

24 - The Messiah will be a prophet

prophesied in: Deuteronomy 18,15-18

fulfilled in: Matthew 21,11 / Luke 7,16 / John 6,14

25 - The blind will see again through the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 35,5

fulfilled in: Matthew 9,27-30 / Matthew 20,30 /

Matthew 21,14 / Mark 8,22-25 / Mark 10,46-52 /

Luke 18,35-43 / John 9,6-11

26 - The mute will speak again through the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 35,5-6

fulfilled in: Matthew 9,32-33 / Matthew 12,22 /

Mark 7,35-37 / Luke 11,14

27 - The deaf will hear again through the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 35,5

               fulfilled in: Mark 7,32-37

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28 - The paralyzed will walk again through the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 35,5-6

fulfilled in: Matthew 4,24 / Matthew 8,5-13 /

Matthew 9,2-7 / Mark 2,3-12 / Luke 5,18-25

29 - The Messiah will heal the sick

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,4

                  fulfilled in: Matthew 8,16-17

 30 - The Messiah will deliver people from demons

prophesied in: Isaiah 61,1

fulfilled in: Matthew 4,24 / Matthew 8,16 / Matthew 15,22-28 / Matthew 8,16 + 28-32 / Mark 1,32-34 / Mark 5,2-13 / Luke 8,2 + 27-33

31 - The Messiah will help those who call for help

prophesied in: Psalm 72,12

             fulfilled in: Luke 18,35-43

32 - The Messiah will be compassionate like a shepherd

prophesied in: Isaiah 40,11

           fulfilled in: Matthew 9,36

33 - The Messiah will behave inconspicuously

prophesied in: Isaiah 42,2

                    fulfilled in: Matthew 12,15-19

34 - Despite signs and wonders, the Messiah will not be believed

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,1

                    fulfilled in: John 12,37-38

35 - The Messiah will become the stumbling block

prophesied in: Psalm 118,22 / Isaiah 8,14

fulfilled in: Matthew 21,42 / Mark 12,10-11 / Luke 20,17 /

1st Peter 2,6-8

36 - The Messiah will enter Jerusalem on a donkey

prophesied in: Zechariah 9,9

fulfilled in: Matthew 21,6-11 / Mark 11,7-11 / Luke 19,35-38

37 - The relatives of the Messiah will turn away from him

prophesied in: Psalm 69,9

fulfilled in: Matthew 12,46-50 / Mark 3,21 / John 7,5

38 - His people will hate the Messiah without a cause

prophesied in: Psalm 69,5 / Psalm 109,3-4

   fulfilled in: John 15,21-25

39 - The Jews will reject the Messiah their King

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,3

               fulfilled in: John 19,15

40 - One will confer against the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 2,2

 fulfilled in: Matthew 12,14 / Matthew 26,3-5 /

Mark 11,18 / Mark 14,1-2

41 - They will want to set a trap for the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 35,7

fulfilled in: Mark 12,13-17 / Luke 6,7 / Luke 11,53-54 / Luke 14,1

42 - The Messiah will be despised

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,2-3

fulfilled in: John 9,24 / Matthew 11,19 / Matthew 12,24

43 - They will plan assassination attempts against the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 31,14

fulfilled in: Mark 3,6 / John 11,53

44 - The disciples of the Messiah will leave him and flee

prophesied in: Zechariah 13,7

fulfilled in: Mark 14,27 + 50

45 - The Messiah will be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver

prophesied in:  Zechariah  11,12-13

fulfilled in: Matthew 26,14-16 / Matthew 27,3-10

46 - A confidant of the Messiah will betray him

prophesied in: Psalm 41,10 / Psalm 55,13-15

fulfilled in: Matthew 26,47-50 / Mark 14,43-46 /

Luke 22,47-48 / John 18,2-5

47 - His betrayer will be in the temple with the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 55,13-15

fulfilled in: Luke 19,47-48 / Luke 20,45

 

48 - His betrayer will eat with the Messiah

 prophesied in: Psalm 41,10

fulfilled in: Matthew 26,21-25 / Mark 14,18-21 / John 13,21-26

49 - A field will be bought for the wages of the traitor

prophesied in: Zechariah 11,12-13

       fulfilled in: Matthew 27,9-10

50 - False witnesses will testify against the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 35,11 + 20-21 / Psalm 27,12 / Psalm 109,2

            fulfilled in: Matthew 26,59-61 / Mark 14,56-59

51 - The Messiah will be silent before his accusers

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,7

                    fulfilled in: Matthew 27,12-14

52 - The Messiah will have to endure suffering and pain

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,3

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,26-35 / Mark 15,15-24 / Luke 23,33 /

John 19,18

53 - They will smack the Messiah in the face and spit on him

prophesied in: Isaiah 50,6

                    fulfilled in: Matthew 26,67-68

54 - They will hit the Messiah on the head with a rod/reed

 prophesied in: Micah 4,14

 fulfilled in: Matthew 27,29-30 / Mark 15,19

55 - They will scourge the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 129,3 / Isaiah 53,5

                  fulfilled in: Matthew 27,26 / Mark 15,15

56 - They will mistreat the Messiah

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,7

               fulfilled in: Matthew 27,26

57 - They will hang the Messiah on a tree (cross)

prophesied in: Deuteronomy 21,23

 fulfilled in: Matthew 27,35 / Mark 15,24 / Luke 23,33 /

John 19,18 / Galatians 3,13

58 - The Messiah will die outside the camp of Jerusalem

prophesied in: Leviticus 16,27

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,31-35 / Hebrews 13,11-12

59 - The Messiah will die on a mountain in the land of Moriah

prophesied in: Genesis 22,2-14

fulfilled in: John 19,17-18 / Hebrews 13,12

60 - The hands and feet of the Messiah will be pierced

prophesied in: Psalm 22,17

fulfilled in: John 20,24-28

61 - The Messiah will be equated with criminals

 prophesied in: Isaiah 53,12

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,38 / Mark 15,27

62 - The clothes of the Messiah will be raffled and distributed

prophesied in: Psalm 22,19

fulfilled in: Luke 23,34 / John 19,23-24

63 - The Messiah will be mocked and ridiculed

prophesied in: Psalm 22,8 / Psalm 35,15 / Psalm 69,21 /

Psalm 109,25

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,27-31 + 39-44

64 - People will shake their heads at the Messiah

prophesied in: Psalm 22,8 / Psalm 109,25

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,29

65 - The Messiah will be asked to save himself

prophesied in: Psalm 22,8-9

 fulfilled in: Matthew 27,39-44 / Mark 15,29-32

66 - The Messiah will be thirsty on the cross

prophesied in: Psalm 22,16

           fulfilled in: John 19,28

67 - They will give the Messiah gall to drink on the cross

prophesied in: Psalm 69,21

             fulfilled in: Matthew 27,34

68 - They will give the Messiah vinegar to drink

prophesied in: Psalm 69,21

             fulfilled in: Matthew 27,48

69 - The Messiah will intercede for his tormentors

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,12

         fulfilled in: Luke 23,34

70 - The Messiah is the sacrificial lamb chosen by God

prophesied in: Genesis 22,8

        fulfilled in: John 1,29

71 - The Messiah will have to suffer because of man's sins

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,4-6

         fulfilled in: 1st Peter 2,24

72 - The Messiah will be made a curse

prophesied in: Deuteronomy 21,23

     fulfilled in: Galatians 3,13

73 - The Messiah will appear to be forsaken by God

prophesied in: Psalm 22,2

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,45-46 / Mark 15,33-34

74 - The Messiah will have only a short life on earth

  prophesied in: Psalm 102,24-25

fulfilled in: Luke 3,23

75 - The Messiah will die after the 69th week of Daniel

prophesied in: Daniel 9,25-26

fulfilled in: Matthew 27,50 / Mark 15,37 / Luke 23,46 /

John 19,30

76 - The bones/legs of the Messiah are not broken on the cross

        prophesied in: Exodus 12,46 / Psalm 34,21

fulfilled in: John 19,31-34

77 - The Messiah will be pierced in the side

prophesied in: Zechariah 12,10

              fulfilled in: John 19,34-37

78 - The Messiah will deliver his spirit into God's hands

prophesied in: Psalm 31,5

          fulfilled in: Luke 23,46

79 - They will put the Messiah in the tomb of a rich man

prophesied in: Isaiah 53,9

                     fulfilled in: Matthew 27,57-60

80 - The body of the Messiah will not decay

prophesied in: Psalm 16,10

fulfilled in: Book of Acts 2,30-32

81 - God will raise the Messiah from the dead

 prophesied in: Psalm 16,10 / Psalm 30,3

fulfilled in: Matthew 16,6-9 / Matthew 28,6-7 / Luke 24,5-6

 

82 - The Messiah will ascend to heaven

prophesied in: Psalm 68,19 / Isaiah 52,13

fulfilled in: Mark 16,19 / Luke 24,51 / Book of Acts 1,9-11

 

83 - The Messiah will sit at the right hand of God

prophesied in: Psalm 110,1

fulfilled in: Mark 16,19 / Hebrews 1,3

84 - The Messiah will conquer and destroy the devil

prophesied in: Genesis 3,15

        fulfilled in: Hebrews 2,14

85 - The Messiah will be a priest (after the order of Melchizedek)

prophesied in: Genesis 14,17-20 / Psalm 110,4

fulfilled in: Hebrews 5,5-6 / Hebrews 6,20

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