Christianity and Jewish prophecy
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- This article presents passages found in the Old Testament of the Bible that may be intepreted as prophecies regarding a Messiah. It also presents New Testament items which may be interpreted to fulfil the Old Testament prophecies about a Messiah.
Christianity and Jewish prophecy is Old Testament Bible prophecies interpreted by some to concern a Messiah which are thought by many Christians, to be fulfilled by Jesus and his actions, as described in the New Testament. Many reject these claims.
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Possible prophecies and fulfillments
The following list shows Old Testament passages followed by a New Testament passages, which many Christians believe fulfills the previous prophecy. (The translation used is the NASB)
| Possible prophecy | Possible fulfillment |
| Template:Bibleverse A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God." | Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." |
| Template:Bibleverse But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. | Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod... |
| Template:Bibleverse The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his. | Matthew 1:1-3 A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, |
| Template:Bibleverse Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. | Template:Bibleverse They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen |
| Template:Bibleverse Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. | Template:Bibleverse While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest him." Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him. Jesus replied, "Friend, do what you came for." Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. |
| Template:Bibleverse I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. | Template:Bibleverse Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins. |
| Template:Bibleverse I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. | Template:Bibleverse Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?" |
| Template:Bibleverse But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. | Template:Bibleverse Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. |
| Template:Bibleverse He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. | Template:Bibleverse When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor. |
| Template:Bibleverse And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter"--the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter. | Template:Bibleverse So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. |
| Template:Bibleverse Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. | Template:Bibleverse When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left. |
| Template:Bibleverse Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. | Template:Bibleverse Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. |
Prophecy table
This table shows Christian interpretations of selected verses from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible, Old Testament), which they hold to be prophetic claims that Jesus has been promised by God to be born as a human, and would be the Messiah.
In some cases, the New Testament quotes the Hebrew Bible (typically the Greek Septuagint translation of it) and asserts that the quotation applies to Jesus. In other instances Christian traditions, rather than the New Testament, make this assertion. Critics of this way of reading the Bible hold that these phrases are often shorn of their original context, in which there is no obvious indication that they were actually predicting anything. Occasionally statistical arguments are made, involving the improbability of someone fulfilling all these prophesies: such arguments are heavily criticised because the list of prophesies was chosen on the basis of having been fulfilled. Most books of the Hebrew Bible were written hundreds of years, and some parts possibly thousands of years, before the birth of Jesus. Many of the verses below were not widely held to be "prophecies" until after the New Testament had been written. Others were thought to be prophecies, but not necessarily connected with the idea of a "messiah". Some non-Christians do not believe that the Bible is historical; many non-Christians do not believe that these verses prove Jesus was the Messiah.
Here is a list of verses often held by Christians to be messianic prophesies:
| Prophecy | Old Testament | New Testament |
|---|---|---|
| His pre-existence | Micah 5:2 | John 1:1,14 |
| Born of the seed of a woman | Genesis 3:15 | Matthew 1:18 |
| Of the seed of Abraham | Genesis 12:3 | Matthew 1:1-16 |
| All nations blessed by Abraham's seed | Genesis 12:3 | Matthew 8:5,10 |
| God would provide Himself a Lamb as an offering | Genesis 22:8 | John 1:29 |
| From the tribe of Judah | Genesis 49:10 | Matthew 1:1-3 |
| Heir to the throne of David | Isaiah 9:6-7 | Matthew 1:1 |
| Called "The mighty God, The everlasting Father" | Isaiah 9:6 | Matthew 1:23 |
| Born in Bethlehem | Micah 5:2 | Matthew 2:1 |
| Born of a virgin | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:18 |
| His name called Immanuel, "God with us" | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23 |
| Declared to be the Son of God | Psalm 2:7 | Matthew 3:17 |
| His messenger before Him in spirit of Elijah | Malachi 4:5-6 | Luke 1:17 |
| Preceded by a messenger to prepare His way | Malachi 3:1 | Matthew 11:7-11 |
| Messenger crying "Prepare ye the way of the Lord" | Isaiah 40:3 | Matthew 3:3 |
| Would be a Prophet of the children of Israel | Deuteronomy 18:15 | Matthew 2:15 |
| Called out of Egypt | Hosea 11:1 | Matthew 2:15 |
| Slaughter of the children | Jeremiah 31:15 | Matthew 2:18 |
| Would be a Nazarene | Judges 13:5; Amos 2:11; Lam. 4:7 | Matthew 2:23 |
| Brought light to Zabulon & Nephthalm, Galilee of the Gentiles | Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:15 |
| Presented with gifts | Psalm 72:10 | Matthew 2:1,11 |
| Rejected by His own | Isaiah 53:3 | Matthew 21:42; Mark 8:31, 12:10; Luke 9:22, 17:25 |
| He is the stone which the builders rejected which became the headstone | Psalm 118:22-23; Isaiah 28:16 | Matthew 21:42; I Peter 2:7 |
| A stone of stumbling to Israel | Isaiah 8:14-15 | I Peter 2:8 |
| He entered Jerusalem as a king riding on an ass | Zechariah 9:9 | Matthew 21:5 |
| Betrayed by a friend | Psalms 41:9 | John 13:21 |
| Sold for 30 pieces of silver | Zechariah 11:12 | Matthew 26:15; Luke 22:5 |
| The 30 pieces of silver given for the potter's field | Zechariah 11:12 | Matthew 27:9-10 |
| The 30 pieces of silver thrown in the temple | Zechariah 11:13 | Matthew 27:5 |
| Forsaken by His disciples | Zechariah 13:7 | Matthew 26:56 |
| Accused by false witnesses | Psalm 35:11 | Matthew 26:60 |
| Silent to accusations | Isaiah 53:7 | Matthew 27:14 |
| Heal blind/deaf/lame/dumb | Isaiah 29:18, 35:5-6 | Matthew 11:5 |
| Preached to the poor/brokenhearted/captives | Isaiah 61:1 | Matthew 11:5 |
| Came to bring a sword, not peace | Micah 7:6 | Matthew 10:34-35 |
| He bore our sickness | Isaiah 53:4 | Matthew 8:16-17 |
| Spat upon, smitten and scourged | Isaiah 50:6, 53:5 | Matthew 27:26,30 |
| Smitten on the cheek | Micah 5:1 | Matthew 27:30 |
| Hated without a cause | Psalm 35:19 | Matthew 27:23 |
| The sacrificial lamb | Isaiah 53:5 | John 1:29 |
| Given for a covenant | Isaiah 42:6; Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Romans 11:27; Galatians 3:17, 4:24; Hebrews 8:6-10, 10:16, 10:29, 12:24, 13:20 |
| Would not strive or cry | Isaiah 42:2-3 | Mark 7:36 |
| People would hear not and see not | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Matthew 13:14-15 |
| People trust in traditions of men | Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:9 |
| People give God lip service | Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:8 |
| God delights in Him | Isaiah 42:1 | Matthew 3:17, 17:5 |
| Wounded for our sins | Isaiah 53:5 | John 6:51 |
| He bore the sins of many | Isaiah 53:10-12 | Mark 10:45 |
| Messiah not killed for Himself | Daniel 9:26 | Matthew 20:28 |
| Gentiles flock to Him | Isaiah 55:5, 60:3, 65:1; Psalm 2:7-8; Malachi 1:11; II Samuel 22:44-45; | Matthew 8:10 |
| Crucified with criminals | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:35 |
| His body was pierced | Zechariah 12:10; Psalm 22:16 | John 20:25-27 |
| Thirsty during execution | Psalm 22:16 | John 19:28 |
| Given vinegar and gall for thirst | Psalm 69:21 | Matthew 27:34 |
| Soldiers gambled for his garment | Psalm 22:18 | Matthew 27:35 |
| People mocked, "He trusted in God, let Him deliver him!" | Psalm 22:7-8 | Matthew 27:43 |
| People sat there looking at Him | Psalm 22:17 | Matthew 27:36 |
| Cried, "My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?" | Psalm 22:1 | Matthew 27:46 |
| Darkness over the land | Amos 8:9 | Matthew 27:45 |
| No bones broken Psalm 34:20; Numbers 9:12 | John 19:33-36 | John 19:33-36 |
| Side pierced | Zechariah 12:10 | John 19:34 |
| Buried with the rich | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 27:57,60 |
| Resurrected from the dead | Psalm 16:10-11,49:15 Mark 16:6 | Psalm 16:10-11, 49:15 Mark 16:6 |
| Priest after the order of Melchizedek | Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 5:5-6, 6:20, 7:15-17 |
| Ascended to right hand of God | Psalm 68:18 | Luke 24:51 |
| LORD said unto Him, "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool" | Psalm 110:1 | Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36, 16:19; Luke 20:42-43; Acts 2:34-35; Hebrews 1:13 |
| His coming glory | Malachi 3:2-3 | Luke 3:17 |
See also
- Jesus
- Bible
- Historicity of Jesus
- Anglo-Israelism
- Anti-Semitism
- Comparing and contrasting Judaism and Christianity
- Supersessionism
- Christian Zionism
- Judeo-Christian
- Christianity and anti-Semitism
- Jewish Christians
- Messianic Judaism
- Mormonism and Judaism
- Unification Church and anti-Semitism
Sources
- Old and New Testaments of the Bible
- How Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies
