Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus Christ and their Fulfillment
Prophecy is defined as prediction or foretelling of what is
to come. The Bible is the book of prophecies, and most of the prophecies are about
the coming and work of the Messiah – Jesus Christ.
It is stated that the possibility of just a few of the
prophecies coming to pass in any one individual is almost an impossibility, but God
alone has full knowledge of the past, present and future and He reveals them to
His prophets.
Hundreds of prophecies were written about the coming and
work of Christ and all were fulfilled in Him.
Below are some of the Old Testament prophecies about Christ
which were all fulfilled in the New Testament.
These prophecies provide compelling evidence for the Bible's divine origins.
VIRGIN BIRTH
GENESIS
3:15 KJV
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
FULLFILMENT:
GALATIANS
4:4-5 KJV
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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HE WILL BRUISE THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT (SATAN)
GENESIS
3:15 KJV
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
FULLFILMENT:
HEBREWS
2:14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil
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PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
GENESIS
14:18 KJV
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
FULFILLMENT:
HEBREWS 6:20 KJV
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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SEED OF ABRAHAM THAT WILL BLESS ALL NATIONS
GENESIS 12:
2-3 KJV
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
FULFILLMENT:
GALATIANS
3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
GENESIS
14:18 KJV
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
FULFILLMENT:
HEBREWS 7:
15-17 KJV
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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THE LAMB OF GOD
GENESIS
22:8 KJV
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 1:29
KJV
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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UNTO HIM SHALL THE GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE BE
GENESIS 49:10
KJV
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 10:16
KJV
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH
EXODUS 12:5 KJV
Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out
from the sheep, or from the goats
FULFILLMENT:
1 PETER
1:19 KJV
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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JEHOVAH (THE GREAT I AM)
EXODUS
3:13-15 KJV
And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 8:58
KJV
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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CHRIST OUR PASSOVER
EXODUS
12:21 KJV
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the Passover.
FULFILLMENT:
1
CORINTHIANS 5:7 KJV
Purge out therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
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NOT A BONE BROKEN
EXODUS
12:46 KJV
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
FULFILLMENT
JOHN
19:32-33 KJV
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs.
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LIFTED UP LIKE THE SERPENT ON
A POLE
NUMBERS
21:9 KJV
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN
3:14-15 KJV
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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REDEEMS FROM CURSE OF THE LAW
DEUTERONOMY
21:23 KJV
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
FULFILLMENT:
GALATIANS
3:13 KJV
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
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A FAITHFUL PRIEST
1SAMUEL 2:35
KJV
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever.
FULFILLMENT:
HEBREWS
2:17 KJV
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people
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SEED OF DAVID
2SAMUEL
7:12 KJV
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW 1:1
KJV
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
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MEDIATOR BETWEEN MAN AND GOD
JOB 9:32-33
KJV
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
FULFILLMENT:
1TIMOTHY 2:5
KJV
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus.
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OFFSPRING OF DAVID AND WILL REIGN FOREVER
1CHRONICLES
17:12- 13 KJV
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.
FULFILLMENT:
LUKE
1:32-33KJV
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
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GOD’S ANOINTED
PSALM 2:2
KJV
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
FULFILLMENT:
ACTS 2:36
KJV
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
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RAGE OF THE HEATHEN
PSALM 2:1-
3 KJV
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
FULFILLMENT:
ACTS
4:25-28 KJV
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
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THE FIRST BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD
PSALM 2:7
KJV
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
FULFILLMENT:
HEBREWS 5:5
KJV
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee.
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SAVIOR
PSALM
22:9-10 KJV
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
FULFILLMENT:
LUKE 2:7
KJV
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PSALM23:1
KJV
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
FULFILLMENT:
1PETER 2:25
KJV
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
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NO BONE BROKEN
PSALM 34:
20 KJV
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 19:32-
33KJV
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs.
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BETRAYED BY A TRUSTED FRIEND
PSALM 41:9
KJV
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 13:18 KJV
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
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HATED WITHOUT A CAUSE
PSALM 69:4
KJV
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 15:25
KJV
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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BETRAYED BY A FRIEND
PSALM
55:12-14 KJV
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 13:18
KJV
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
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ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN
PSALM 68:18 KJV
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
FULFILLMENT:
LUKE
24:51KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
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OBTAINS GIFTS FOR MEN
PSALM 68:18
KJV
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
FULFILLMENT:
EPHESIANS 4:7-8
KJV
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
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SON OF DAVID
PSALM 110:
1 KJV
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
22:42-44 KJV
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
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EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US
ISAIAH 7:14
KJV
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
3:16 KJV
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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A ROD OUT OF THE ROOT OF JESSE
ISAIAH 11:1
KJV
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
FULFILLMENT:
LUKE 3: 32
KJV
Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson.
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ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
ISAIAH 11:2
KJV
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
FULFILLMENT:
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
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PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE
ISAIAH 28:
16 KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
FULFILLMENT:
ACTS
4:11-12 KJV
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
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SURE FOUNDATION
ISAIAH
28:16 KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
FULFILLMENT:
1CORINTHIANS 3:11
KJV
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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PRECEDED BY A FORERUNNER
ISAIAH
40:3-4 KJV
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 1:23
KJV
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
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OPEN BLIND EYES
ISAIAH 42:7
KJV
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 9: 25-28 KJV
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know
not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
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MEEK AND LOWLY
ISAIAH 42:2
KJV
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
11:28-30 KJV
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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HE IS DESPISED
ISAIAH 53:
3 KJV
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
FULFILLMENT:
LUKE
4:28-29 KJV
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
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HE IS REJECTED
ISAIAH 53:
3 KJV
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
FULFILLMENT:
MATT.27:21-23
KJV
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, let him be crucified.
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PENALTY FOR MAN'S SINS
ISAIAH 53:5
KJV
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
FULFILLMENT:
2CORINTHIANS 5:21
KJV
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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NO DECEIT IN HIS MOUTH
ISAIAH 53:9
KJV
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
FULFILLMENT:
1PETER 2:22
KJV
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.
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ISAIAH 53:9
KJV
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW 27:57
KJV
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple.
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ISAIAH 53:9
KJV
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 18:38
KJV
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
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BORN OF A VIRGIN
JEREMIAH
31:22 KJV
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
1:18-20 KJV
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When
as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a
publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
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BORN IN BETHLEHEM
MICAH 5:2
KJV
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW 2:4-6
KJV
And when he had
gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded
of them where Christ should be born.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the
prophet,
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of
Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
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EXISTS FROM EVERLASTING
MICAH 5:2
KJV
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 8:58
KJV
Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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OFFSPRING OF ZERUBBABEL
HAGGAI 2:23
KJV
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
FULFILLMENT
LUKE 2:30-32
KJV
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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BETRAYED FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER
ZECHARIAH
11:12-13 KJV
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was priced at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
26:14- 15 KJV
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
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HIS BODY PIERCED
ZECHARIAH 12:10
KJV
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
FULFILLMENT:
JOHN 10:30
KJV
I and my Father are one.
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HIS FORERUNNER
MALACHI 3:1
KJV
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the
way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple,
even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come,
saith the LORD of hosts.
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God
FULFILLMENT:
MARK 1:2-3
KJV
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM ON A DONKEY
ZECHARIAH
9:9 KJV
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
FULFILLMENT:
MATTHEW
21:6-9KJV
And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
