PROPHECIES FULFILLED BY JESUS CHRIST
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
SEED OF A WOMAN
Galatians 4:4
"But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,"
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Genesis 12:3
"I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
DESCENDENT OF ABRAHAM
Matthew 1:1
"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:"
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Genesis 17:19
"Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him."
DESCENDENT OF ISAAC
Luke 3:34
"the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,"
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Numbers 24:17
“I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near;
A Star shall come out of Jacob;
A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And [a]batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of tumult."
DESCENDENT OF JACOB
Matthew 1:2
"Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Genesis 49:10
"The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people."
FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH
Luke 3:33
"the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,"
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 9:7
"Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID
Luke 1:32-33
"He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 45:6,7; 102:25-27
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom."
"You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."
"Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 They will perish, but You will endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
27 But You are the same,
And Your years will have no end."
ANOINTED AND ETERNAL
Hebrews 1:8-12
"But to the Son He says:
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”
10 And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
11 They will perish, but You remain;
And they will all grow old like a garment;
12 Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will not fail.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Micah 5:2
"“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”
BORN IN BETHLEHEM
Luke 2:4, 5, 7
"Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,"
"to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child."
"And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Daniel 9:25
“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times."
TIME FOR HIS BIRTH
Luke 2:1-2
"And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 7:14
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel."
BORN OF A VIRGIN
Luke 1:26, 27, 30, 31
"26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,"
"27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary."
"30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Jeremiah 31:15
"Thus says the Lord: “A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”
SLAUGHTER OF CHILDREN
Matthew 2:16-18
"Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted,
Because they are no more.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Hosea 11:1
"When Israel was a child, I loved him,
And out of Egypt I called My son."
FLIGHT TO EGYPT
Matthew 2:14-15
"When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 40:3-5
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
THE WAY PREPARED
Luke 3:3-6
"And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Malachi 3:1
“ 'Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,'
Says the Lord of hosts."
PRECEDED BY A FORERUNNER
Luke 7:24, 27
"24 When the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak to the multitudes concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?"
27 This is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Malachi 4:5, 6
"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
PRECEDED BY ELIJAH
Matthew 11:13-14
"For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 2:7
“I will declare the decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You."
DECLARED THE SON OF GOD
Matthew 3:17
And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 9:1-2
"Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
2 The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined."
GALILEAN MINISTRY
Matthew 4:13-16
"13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 78:2-4
"I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done."
SPEAKS IN PARABLES
Matthew 13:34-35
"34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Deuteronomy 18:15
"“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,"
A PROPHET PLUS MORE
Acts 3:20, 22
" and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,"
"22 For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 61:1-2
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,"
TO BIND UP THE BROKEN HEARTED
Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:3
"He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him."
REJECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE;
THE JEWS
John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 110:4
"The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
PRIEST AFTER ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
Hebrews 5:5-6
"So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Zechariah 9:9
"“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey."
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
Mark 11:7, 9, 11
"7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and He sat on it."
"9 Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna!
‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ "
"11 And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. So when He had looked around at all things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 8:2
"Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger."
ADORED BY INFANTS
Matthew 21:15-16
"15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:1
"Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
NOT BELIEVED
John 12:37-38
"37 But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:
“Lord, who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 41:9
"Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me."
BETRAYED BY A CLOSE FRIEND
Luke 22:47-48
"47 And while He was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. 48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Zechariah 11:12
"12 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver."
BETRAYED FOR 30 PIECES OF SILVER
Matthew 26:14-15
"14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 35:11
"Fierce witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know."
ACCUSED BY FALSE WITNESSES
Mark 14:57-58
"57 Then some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying, 58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:7
"He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth."
SILENT TO ACCUSATIONS
Mark 15:4-5
"4 Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!” 5 But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 50:6
"I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and spitting."
SPIT ON AND STRUCK
Matthew 26:67
"Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands"
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 35:19
"Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause."
HATED WITHOUT REASON
John 15:24-25
"24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’ "
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:5
"But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed."
VICARIOUS SACRIFICE
Romans 5:6, 8
"6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
"8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:12
"Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors."
CRUCIFIED WITH MALEFACTORS
Mark 15:27, 28
"27 With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left."
"28 So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Zechariah 12:10
“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn."
PIERCED
John 20:27
"Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
&
John 19:34
" But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 22:7-8
"All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
SNEERED AND MOCKED
Luke 23:35
"And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 69:9
"Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me."
WAS REPROACHED
Romans 15:3
"For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 22:17-18
"I can count all My bones.
They look and stare at Me.
18 They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots."
SOLDIERS GAMBLED FOR HIS CLOTHING
Matthew 27:35
"Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet:
“They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 22:1
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?"
FORSAKEN BY GOD
Matthew 27:46
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 34:20
"He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken."
NO BONES BROKEN
John 19:32-33, 36
"Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs."
" For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Isaiah 53:9
"And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth."
BURIED WITH THE RICH
Matthew 27:57-60
"57 Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. 59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed."
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 16:10
"For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption."
Psalm 49:15
"But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,
For He shall receive me. Selah
TO BE RESURRECTED
Mark 16:6-7
"6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. 7 But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”
SCRIPTURE
SUBJECT
FULFILLED
Psalm 68:18
"You have ascended on high,
You have led captivity captive;
You have received gifts among men,
Even from the rebellious,
That the Lord God might dwell there."
HIS ASCENSION TO GOD'S RIGHT HAND
Mark 16:19
"19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."
1 Corinthians 15:4
"4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,"
Ephesians 4:8
"8 Therefore He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”