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Proof that Jesus is the Messiah

Prophecy     Tanach Reference     Fullfilment
The Messiah would be the seed of the woman     Genesis 3:15     Romans 16:20
    Galatians 4:4
    Revelation 12:9
    Revelation 12:17
The Messiah would be the descendant of Abraham through whom all nations would be blessed     Genesis 12:3     Acts 3:24-26
The Messiah would be a willing sacrifice     Genesis 22:1-18     John 3:16
The Messiah would be the coming one to whom the scepter belongs     Genesis 49:10     Luke 2:1-7
    Luke 3:33
    Galatians 4:4
The Messiah would be the Passover lamb     Exodus 12:1-51     John 1:29
    John 1:36
    John 19:33
    John 19:36
    1 Corinthians 5:7-8
    1 Peter 1:19
The Messiah would be lifted up     Numbers 21:6-9     John 3:14-18
The Messiah would be the star coming out of Jacob     Numbers 24:17     Matthew 2:2
        Revelation 22:16
The Messiah would be a prophet like Moses     Deuteronomy 18:15-19     Matthew 13:57
    Matthew21:46
    Luke 24:19
    John 1:21
    John 1:25
    John 6:14
    John 7:40
    Acts 3:22
    Acts 28:28
The Messiah would be our Kinsman-Redeemer     Ruth 4:4-9     Luke 1:50
    Luke 1:58
    Luke 1:68
    Luke 1:72
    Luke 1:78
    1 Peter 1:18
    Hebrews 2:11
The Messiah would be a descendant of David     2 Samuel 7:12-16     Matthew 1:1
    Luke 1:32-33
    Acts 15:15-16
    Hebrews 1:5
The Messiah would be called God’s Son     Psalms 2:1-12     Mark 1:11
    Luke 3:22
    Acts 4:25-28
    Acts 13:33
    Hebrews 1:5
    Hebrews 5:5
The Messiah would be resurrected     Psalms 16:8-11     Acts 2:22-32
    Acts 13:35-37
The Messiah would be forsaken and pierced, but vindicated     Psalms 22:1-31     Matthew 27:39
    Matthew 27: 43-44
    Matthew 27:46
    Mark 15:34
    John 19:24
    Hebrews 2:12
The Messiah would be the righteous sufferer     Psalms 69     Matthew 27:33-34
    John 2:17
    John 15:25
    Acts 1:20
    Romans 11:9-10
    Romans 15:1-3
The Messiah would be greater than David     Psalms 110:1-4     Matthew 22:42-45
    Mark 12:35-37
    Luke 20:41-44
    Acts 2:34-36
    1 Corinthians 15:25-28
    Hebrews 1:3
    Hebrews 1:13
    Hebrews 4:14–5:10
The Messiah would be the rejected cornerstone     Psalms 118:22-24     Matthew 21:42
    Mark 12:10-11
    Luke 20:17-18
    Acts 4:9-12
    Ephesians 2:20
    1 Peter 2:6-8
TheMessiah would be acclaimed     Psalms 118:25-29     Matthew 21:9
    Mark 11:9-10
    Luke 13:35
    Luke 19:38
    John 12:13
The Messiah would be born of a virgin     Isaiah 7:14     Matthew 1:22-23
    Luke 1:31-35
The Messiah would be the great light     Isaiah 9:1-2 [Hebrew Bible, 8:23-9:1]     Matthew 4:13-16
    Luke 1:76-79
The Messiah would be the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace     Isaiah 9:6-7 [Hebrew Bible, 9:5-6]     Luke 1:32-33
    Luke 1:79
    John 6:51
    John 14:27
    Acts 10:36
    Romans 9:5
    Colossians 2:3
The Messiah would be called a Nazarene     Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 53:3     Matthew 2:23
The Messiah would perform signs of healing     Isaiah 35:5-6     Matthew 11:4-6
    Luke 7:20-23
The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner     Isaiah 40:3-5     Matthew 3:1-3
    Mark 1:1-3
    Luke 1:76
    Luke 3:1-6
    Luke 7:27
    John 1:22-23
The Messiah would be a light for the nations of the world     Isaiah 42:1-6     Matthew 12:15-18
    Luke 2:27-32
    John 8:12
(The Suffering Servant, Part 1)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 2)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 3)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 4)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
The Messiah would do life-affirming, redemptive deeds     Isaiah 61:1-2     Luke 4:17-21
The Messiah would be the object of a murderous plot     Jeremiah 31:15     Matthew 2:16-18
The Messiah would bring in a new covenant     Jeremiah 31:31     Matthew 26:28
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    1 Corinthians 11:25
    2 Corinthians 3:6
    Hebrews 8:6-13
    Hebrews 9:15
    Hebrews 12:24
The Messiah would be the Son of Man     Daniel 7:13-14     Matthew 9:6
    Matthew 12:8
    Matthew 13:41
    Matthew 16:13
    Matthew 16:27
    Mark 8:31
    Luke 6:22
    Luke 9:22
    John 1:51
    John 3:13-14
    Acts 7:56
    and many others
The Messiah would come according to a timetable     Daniel 9:24-27     Matthew 24:15-16
    Mark 13:14-15
    Galatians 4:4
The Messiah would be called out of Egypt     Hosea 11:1     Matthew 2:13-15
The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem     Micah 5:2 [Hebrew Bible, verse 1]     Matthew 2:1-6
    John 7:40-43
The Messiah would come riding on a colt     Zechariah 9:9     Matthew 21:1-7
The Messiah would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver     Zechariah 11:12-13     Matthew 26:14-15
    Matthew 27:3
    Matthew 27:9-10
The Messiah would be pierced     Zechariah 12:10     Matthew 24:30
    John 19:31-37
    Revelation 1:7
The Messiah would be preceded by a messenger.     Malachi 3:1     Matthew 11:10
    Mark 1:2
    Luke 1:76
The Messiah would be preceded by Elijah the prophet.     Malachi 4:5-6     Matthew 11:14-15
    Matthew 16:14
    Matthew 17:9-13
    Mark 6:14-16
    Mark 9:11-13
    Luke 1:16-17
    John 1:21
The Messiah is spoken of throughout the Hebrew Bible     Hebrew Bible     Luke 24:25-27
    Luke 24:32Prophecy     Tanach Reference     Fullfilment
The Messiah would be the seed of the woman     Genesis 3:15     Romans 16:20
    Galatians 4:4
    Revelation 12:9
    Revelation 12:17
The Messiah would be the descendant of Abraham through whom all nations would be blessed     Genesis 12:3     Acts 3:24-26
The Messiah would be a willing sacrifice     Genesis 22:1-18     John 3:16
The Messiah would be the coming one to whom the scepter belongs     Genesis 49:10     Luke 2:1-7
    Luke 3:33
    Galatians 4:4
The Messiah would be the Passover lamb     Exodus 12:1-51     John 1:29
    John 1:36
    John 19:33
    John 19:36
    1 Corinthians 5:7-8
    1 Peter 1:19
The Messiah would be lifted up     Numbers 21:6-9     John 3:14-18
The Messiah would be the star coming out of Jacob     Numbers 24:17     Matthew 2:2
        Revelation 22:16
The Messiah would be a prophet like Moses     Deuteronomy 18:15-19     Matthew 13:57
    Matthew21:46
    Luke 24:19
    John 1:21
    John 1:25
    John 6:14
    John 7:40
    Acts 3:22
    Acts 28:28
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The Messiah would be our Kinsman-Redeemer     Ruth 4:4-9     Luke 1:50
    Luke 1:58
    Luke 1:68
    Luke 1:72
    Luke 1:78
    1 Peter 1:18
    Hebrews 2:11
The Messiah would be a descendant of David     2 Samuel 7:12-16     Matthew 1:1
    Luke 1:32-33
    Acts 15:15-16
    Hebrews 1:5
The Messiah would be called God’s Son     Psalms 2:1-12     Mark 1:11
    Luke 3:22
    Acts 4:25-28
    Acts 13:33
    Hebrews 1:5
    Hebrews 5:5
The Messiah would be resurrected     Psalms 16:8-11     Acts 2:22-32
    Acts 13:35-37
The Messiah would be forsaken and pierced, but vindicated     Psalms 22:1-31     Matthew 27:39
    Matthew 27: 43-44
    Matthew 27:46
    Mark 15:34
    John 19:24
    Hebrews 2:12
The Messiah would be the righteous sufferer     Psalms 69     Matthew 27:33-34
    John 2:17
    John 15:25
    Acts 1:20
    Romans 11:9-10
    Romans 15:1-3
The Messiah would be greater than David     Psalms 110:1-4     Matthew 22:42-45
    Mark 12:35-37
    Luke 20:41-44
    Acts 2:34-36
    1 Corinthians 15:25-28
    Hebrews 1:3
    Hebrews 1:13
    Hebrews 4:14–5:10
The Messiah would be the rejected cornerstone     Psalms 118:22-24     Matthew 21:42
    Mark 12:10-11
    Luke 20:17-18
    Acts 4:9-12
    Ephesians 2:20
    1 Peter 2:6-8
TheMessiah would be acclaimed     Psalms 118:25-29     Matthew 21:9
    Mark 11:9-10
    Luke 13:35
    Luke 19:38
    John 12:13
The Messiah would be born of a virgin     Isaiah 7:14     Matthew 1:22-23
    Luke 1:31-35
The Messiah would be the great light     Isaiah 9:1-2 [Hebrew Bible, 8:23-9:1]     Matthew 4:13-16
    Luke 1:76-79
The Messiah would be the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace     Isaiah 9:6-7 [Hebrew Bible, 9:5-6]     Luke 1:32-33
    Luke 1:79
    John 6:51
    John 14:27
    Acts 10:36
    Romans 9:5
    Colossians 2:3
The Messiah would be called a Nazarene     Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 53:3     Matthew 2:23
The Messiah would perform signs of healing     Isaiah 35:5-6     Matthew 11:4-6
    Luke 7:20-23
The Messiah would be preceded by a forerunner     Isaiah 40:3-5     Matthew 3:1-3
    Mark 1:1-3
    Luke 1:76
    Luke 3:1-6
    Luke 7:27
    John 1:22-23
The Messiah would be a light for the nations of the world     Isaiah 42:1-6     Matthew 12:15-18
    Luke 2:27-32
    John 8:12
(The Suffering Servant, Part 1)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 2)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 3)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
(The Suffering Servant, Part 4)     Isaiah 52:13–53:12     Matthew 8:16-17
    Matthew 20:28
    Matthew 26:28
    Matthew 27:59-60
    Mark 10:45
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    John 12:37-38
    Acts 8:32-35
    Romans 10:16
    Hebrews 9:28
    1 Peter 2:21-25
The Messiah would do life-affirming, redemptive deeds     Isaiah 61:1-2     Luke 4:17-21
The Messiah would be the object of a murderous plot     Jeremiah 31:15     Matthew 2:16-18
The Messiah would bring in a new covenant     Jeremiah 31:31     Matthew 26:28
    Mark 14:24
    Luke 22:20
    1 Corinthians 11:25
    2 Corinthians 3:6
    Hebrews 8:6-13
    Hebrews 9:15
    Hebrews 12:24
The Messiah would be the Son of Man     Daniel 7:13-14     Matthew 9:6
    Matthew 12:8
    Matthew 13:41
    Matthew 16:13
    Matthew 16:27
    Mark 8:31
    Luke 6:22
    Luke 9:22
    John 1:51
    John 3:13-14
    Acts 7:56
    and many others
The Messiah would come according to a timetable     Daniel 9:24-27     Matthew 24:15-16
    Mark 13:14-15
    Galatians 4:4
The Messiah would be called out of Egypt     Hosea 11:1     Matthew 2:13-15
The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem     Micah 5:2 [Hebrew Bible, verse 1]     Matthew 2:1-6
    John 7:40-43
The Messiah would come riding on a colt     Zechariah 9:9     Matthew 21:1-7
The Messiah would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver     Zechariah 11:12-13     Matthew 26:14-15
    Matthew 27:3
    Matthew 27:9-10
The Messiah would be pierced     Zechariah 12:10     Matthew 24:30
    John 19:31-37
    Revelation 1:7
The Messiah would be preceded by a messenger.     Malachi 3:1     Matthew 11:10
    Mark 1:2
    Luke 1:76
The Messiah would be preceded by Elijah the prophet.     Malachi 4:5-6     Matthew 11:14-15
    Matthew 16:14
    Matthew 17:9-13
    Mark 6:14-16
    Mark 9:11-13
    Luke 1:16-17
    John 1:21
The Messiah is spoken of throughout the Hebrew Bible     Hebrew Bible     Luke 24:25-27
    Luke 24:32

353 Prophesies were fulfilled in Jesus.
http://www.accordingtothescriptures.org/prophecy/353prophecies.html


 

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