Prophecies That Came True

1. How did the woman of Samaria testify to the Jewish expectation of the Messiah, or Christ? The woman said unto Him, I know that Messiah comes, which is called Christ. John 4:25. NOTE - In the New Testament the name Christ is used as equivalent to Messiah [Anointed], the name given to the long-promised Prophet and King whom the Jews had been taught by their prophets to expect.-William Smith, A Dictionary of the Bible, art. Jesus Christ. In the fullness of time and at the center of history a Man appeared. In Him were fulfilled the longings of Israel for a Messiah. In Him also received fulfillment the predictions of the prophets regarding a Deliverer in whom Gods purpose for mankind would find its focal expression and from whom would emanate light and power to make God and His purpose fully manifest. The coming of the Christ is the supreme event to which the Old Testament looks forward.-John A. MacKay, God Has Spoken, Theology Today, vol. 3, No. 2, P. 147. 2. What did Jesus tell her concerning Himself? Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am He. Verse 26. See also Matthew 26:63, 64. 3. What evidence did Jesus offer in support of His claim? 0 fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Luke 24:25-27. 4. How was the Messiah to be manifested? Prophecy: Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Isaiah 9:6. Fulfillment: Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:22, 23. 5. Along what human line of descent did Isaiah say He would come? Prophecy: There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. Isaiah 11:1. NOTE-Jesse was the father of David, and therefore this refers to the family line of David. Fulfillment: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1 6. Where would Messiah be born? Prophecy: 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. Micah 5:2. Fulfillment: Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king. 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 Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel. Matthew 2:1-6. 7. In what miraculous way would He be conceived? Prophecy: Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son. Isaiah 7:14. Fulfillment: 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. Matthew 1:20. 8. What danger would threaten His early years? Prophecy: Thus said the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Jeremiah 31:15. Fulfillment: Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise Men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlethern, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the Wise Men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation, and

weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. Matthew 2:16-18. 9. Where would He be temporarily exiled? Prophecy: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called My Son out of Egypt. Hosea 11:1. Fulfillment: When they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until 1 bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy Him. When he arose, he took the young child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt: and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have 1 called My Son. Matthew 2:1315. 10. By whom would His ministry be announced? Prophecy: The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3. Fulfillment: As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. Luke 3:4. 11. What would be the nature of Messiahs blessed ministry? Prophecy: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted. Isaiah 61:1. Fulfillment: He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and, as his custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto Him 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 hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:16-19. 12. Before His passion what symbolic exaltation would He receive? Prophecy: Behold, thy King comes unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Zechariah 9:9. Fulfillment: They brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. Luke 19:35. 13. For what price would He be sold? Prophecy: 1 said unto them, If you think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver! Zechariah 11:12. Fulfillment: Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will you give me, and 1 will deliver Him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him. Matthew 26:14~16. 14. In what spirit would He endure His sufferings? Prophecy: He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opens not His mouth. Isaiah 53:7. Fulfillment: The chief priests accused Him of many things: but He answered nothing. And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answer Thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against Thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled. Mark 15:3-5. 15. How was Messiahs vicarious suffering foretold by the prophet Isaiah? Prophecy: 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. Isaiah 53:5. Fulfillment: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Matthew 8:17.

16. How exactly were the details of the crucifixion foretold? Prophecy: They pierced My hands and My feet. They part My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture. Psalm 22:16-18. Fulfillment: They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said, They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. John 19:24.