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Jesus Christ fulfils OT prophecy

He fulfils the OT as a whole

Luke 24:27 NKJV

And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

See also Mt 5:17; Lk 24:44; 2 Co 1:20

He fulfils God’s promises to Abraham

Galatians 3:14 NKJV

that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

See also Lk 1:54–55; Lk 1:72–74; Ga 3:16

He fulfils God’s promises through the prophets

Acts 10:43 NKJV

To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

See also Mt 26:56; Ac 3:18; Ac 3:24; Ac 13:27; Ro 1:2; 1 Pe 1:10

Prophecies about Jesus Christ’s birth

Matthew 1:23 NKJV

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

See also Is 7:14; Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31–32; Is 9:6; Mt 2:6–7; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:15; Ho 11:1

Prophecies about Jesus Christ’s ministry

He brings good news

Luke 4:17–19 NKJV

And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: “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; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

See also Is 61:1–2; Mt 4:13–16; Is 9:1–2

He divides people and is rejected

Luke 2:34–35 NKJV

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

See also Mt 3:11–12; Mt 21:42; Ps 118:22–23; Jn 13:18; Ps 41:9

He teaches in parables

Matthew 13:35 NKJV

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.”

See also Ps 78:2; Mt 13:13–15; Is 6:9–10

Prophecies about Jesus Christ’s death

The Lord’s Supper

Matthew 26:28 NKJV

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

See also Is 53:12; Je 31:34

The betrayal

Matthew 27:9–10 NKJV

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”

Matthew brings together two prophetic passages fulfilled by this incident:

Je 19:1–13; Zec 11:12–13

Jn 18:9; Jn 6:39

The cross

Matthew 27:46 NKJV

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?”

See also Ps 22:1; Mt 27:35; Ps 22:18; Lk 23:46; Ps 31:5

Prophecies about Jesus Christ’s resurrection and ascension

Matthew 12:39–40 NKJV

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

See also Jon 1:17; Ac 2:25–28; Ps 16:8–11; Ac 2:31; Ac 13:35; Ac 2:34; Ps 110:1; Eph 4:8; Ps 68:18

Prophecies about Jesus Christ’s titles

Jesus Christ as Son of God

Acts 13:32–33 NKJV

And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers. God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’

See also Ps 2:7; Heb 1:5; Heb 5:5; Mt 22:44; Ps 110:1; Heb 1:8–9; Ps 45:6–7

Jesus Christ as Son of Man

Matthew 26:64 NKJV

Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

See also Da 7:13–14; Mk 8:31

Jesus Christ as Son of David

Revelation 22:16 NKJV

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

See also 2 Sa 7:12–16; Lk 1:32–33; Is 9:7; Ac 13:34; Is 55:3; Ro 15:12; Is 11:1

Jesus Christ as the coming Messianic king

Mt 26:31; Zec 13:7; Mt 21:4–5; Zec 9:9

Jesus Christ as the suffering servant

Acts 8:32–35 NKJV

The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth. In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.” So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him.

See also Is 53:7–8; Mt 12:17–21; Is 42:1–4

Jesus Christ as the prophet who is to come

Acts 3:22 NKJV

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.

See also Dt 18:18; Lk 4:18–19; Is 61:1–2; Jn 6:14

Jesus Christ as priest

Hebrews 7:21 NKJV

(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

See also Ps 110:4; Heb 5:5–6; Heb 7:17