Prophecies of Jesus

Below are some of the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled or were about Jesus life, proving He is the Jewish Messiah from the Old Testament. All of these are important because all of them were written hundreds of years before Jesus was even born, many being very specific. Jesus fulfilled every prophecy about the Messiah except for the prophecies dealing with His second coming to earth. Click on each verse to see the prophecy and to read a description of its fulfillment.

“Jesus Christ fulfilled more than 300 prophecies in his life. Here’s something that can help you appreciate the odds of this happening: If only eight of those 300 prophecies came true in one person, it would be comparable to this:
• Build a small fence around the state of Texas,
• Fill it two feet deep in silver dollars,
• Paint one of them red,
• Mix them all up,
• Then – starting at the Louisiana border – walk blindfolded as far into Texas as you want to go,
• Then lean over, still blindfolded,
• And pick up the red silver dollar.
What do you think the chances are that you would pick up the red one? Would you bet your retirement on picking up that red silver dollar? Would you bet your eternal life on odds like that? All of us do, because those are only the odds for eight prophecies coming true in one person. But Jesus had more than 300 prophecies about Him come true.”

Taken from “One HeartBeat Away: Your Journey into Eternity” by Mark Cahill

Isaiah 53

Micah 5:2
Zechariah 11:12
Zechariah 11:13
Psalm 22:18
Psalm 69:21    
Psalm 22:16     
Isaiah 7:14     
Micah 5:1    
Isaiah 9:1,2
Zechariah 9:9    
Genesis 18:17,18    
Isaiah 9:7    
Leviticus 16:27
Psalm 16:9-11    
Zechariah 12:10    
Psalm 22:14    
Isaiah 50:6
Isaiah 53:4    
Hosea 13:14    
Isaiah 53:7    
Daniel 9:25    
Isaiah 53:12
Malachi 3:1    
Daniel 7:13-14    
Psalm 72:10,11

The Suffering Servant predicted
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Isaiah 53 Click Here to read the chapter

Isaiah chapter 53 is a very amazing chapter. It shows how the Jewish Messiah, Jesus, would suffer and die for the sins of the world. This passage was written over 680 years before Jesus was even born and yet sounds so much like what Jesus Christ died for. This is not a coincidence but God setting his Word above all else by foretelling the future of what He would do.

For those who may say that the chapter was changed by Christians later on, the Dead Sea Scrolls prove them wrong. In the Dead Sea Scrolls, a complete copy of the book of Isaiah was found that dates back to about 125 B.C. The copy shows something incredibly amazing. 95 percent of the book is word for word the same as our standard Hebrew Bible. Of the 5 percent that is different, it is of variations of spelling.

To focus on the 53 chapter of Isaiah, there are 166 words in the chapter and only 17 letters are in doubt. Of the 17 letters, “ten are a matter of spelling which does not affect the sense. Four are minor stylistic changes, such as conjunctions. The remaining three letters comprise the word ‘light’ which is added in verse 11 and does not affect the meaning greatly. In fact, the use of ‘light’ here is supported by two other ancient manuscripts.” Putting it simply, we have the same book of Isaiah as did the Hebrews in 125 B.C.

This quote and information about the Dead Sea Scrolls were taken from “THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES” DVD by Amy Orr-Ewing of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.

Messiah’s place of birth predicted
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Micah 5:2

Matthew 2:1

This was written over 700 years before Jesus was born. This shows how the Messiah would be born in the city of Bethlehem. At the time, Bethlehem was a very small village with a small population, only about 1000 people.

Messiah betrayed for 30 pieces of silver
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Zechariah 11:12

Matthew 26:14,15

This was written over 450 years before Jesus was born. This predicts how Jesus would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver.

30 pieces of used to buy a potter’s field
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Zechariah 11:13

Matthew 27:5-7

This was written over 450 years before Jesus was born. This part of Matthew talks about Judas who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. He regretted betraying Jesus so he tried to give the money back to the priests but they would not take the money back. So Judas threw the money inside the temple and hanged himself.  The priests refused to take the money back because it was paid for murder, so they used the money to buy a potter’s field to bury strangers in.

Messiah’s clothes divided
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Psalm 22:18

John 19:23,24

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was even born. This predicts how Jesus’ clothes would be divided and how His jacket would be gambled for.

Messiah given vinegar when dying on the cross
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Psalm 69:21

Matthew 27:34

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was even born. What person would have guessed about giving someone gall and vinegar to drink? To say this would make no sense unless is was a prophecy that would come true in the future.

Messiah being crucified
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Psalm 22:16

Matthew 27:35

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was born. This is interesting because it talks about His hands and feet being pierced. At the time that Psalm 22:16 was written, crucifixion was not even perfected by the Roman Empire. The Psalm talks about a way of death that was not even in common practice at the time of its writing.

Jesus’ virgin birth and name predicted
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Isaiah 7:14

Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:25

Immanuel means in Hebrew ‘God with us’ and that is what Jesus was.  As to the virgin birth, that is a flat out miracle.  This was predicted over 680 before Jesus was born.

The Messiah would be beat and spit upon
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Micah 5:1

Matthew 27:30

This was written over 700 years before Jesus was born. It shows how people would spit upon Him and hit Him with a stick of His head.

The Messiah would teach around certain areas
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Isaiah 9:1,2

Matthew 4:12,13

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. It shows what ares of land that the Messiah would teach. Jesus was that great light that the people saw.

Messiah would come to Jerusalem ridding on a donkey’s colt
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Zechariah 9:9

Matthew 21:6-9

This was written over 450 years before Jesus was born. It shows how the Messiah who would be king in Israel would come to the city of Jerusalem ridding on a donkey’s colt.

The Messiah would be a decedent of Abraham
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Genesis 18:17,18

Matthew 1:1

This was written over 1800+ years ago. This shows that the Messiah would be a decedent of Abraham and also shows how all peoples will be blessed by Abraham. We have been blessed through Abraham by Jesus Christ coming into the world and suffering and dying on a cross to save us from our sins so we could go to Heaven to be with God for eternity. We have all done bad things in our lives and Jesus Christ took our punishment upon Himself so we would not have too.

The Messiah would be a decedent of King David
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Isaiah 9:7

Matthew 1:1

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. At the time that Jesus was born, the Jewish people had very detailed records of who was born into who’s family, that how we know that Jesus was a decedent of King David.

Messiah being taken outside of camp as a sin offering
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Leviticus 16:27

Matthew 27:33

This was written over 1400+ years before Jesus was born. It was describing how a sin offering must be taken outside a city and killed for the people. Jesus was the world’s sin offering, taking the sin of the world upon Himself so that He could save us from punishment and give us the freedom to talk to God.

Messiah resurrected before His body decayed
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Psalm 16:9-11

Luke 24:1-3

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was born. It talks about how God’s Holy One will not see corruption. His body won’t have time to decay because He would be raised from the dead. After 3 days Jesus was raised from the dead, so His body didn’t have enough time to decay.

Messiah’s side will be pierced and He is the Passover Lamb
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Zechariah 12:10

John 19:33-34

This prophecy was written over 470 years before Jesus was ever born. It shows that when Jesus comes back, His side will be pierced, which was done at His death. This was done because at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion, the Roman soldiers were going around breaking the legs of the people being crucified to speed up their death. When they came to Jesus, He was dead but they pierced His side to make sure. This also fulfills the role of Jesus being our Passover Lamb.

Numbers 9:12

This was written by Moses over 1400 years before Jesus was born. The Passover lamb was killed and its blood was put on the doorposts of a house. This was done in remembrance of when God spared the Israeli people when the angel of death went through Egypt killing the all firstborn males as punishment for Pharaoh refusing to let the Israeli people go. The Passover lamb had to be spotless, in a figurative sense sinless because all blemishes are a result of the original fall and sin of man. Jesus was spotless (sinless) thus He is the only one who could be our Passover lamb.

John 1:29

1 Peter 1:18-19

Ruptured heart and bones out of joint
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Psalm 22:14

John 19:34

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was born. It shows how the Messiah’s heart would burst open. It also talks about all His bones going out of joint. This is what happened during crucifixion. All the person’s bones went out of joint because they were being suspended in the air just by a giant spike in each wrist and one through their ankles.

Physical abuse the Messiah would suffer
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Isaiah 50:6

Whipping. Matthew 27:26

Spitting. Matthew 26:67

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. It shows that at His death that He would suffer physical abuse and even lists what kind of abuse He would suffer.

Messiah would die for our sins
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Isaiah 53:4

Isaiah 53:6

1 Peter 2:24

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. It talks about how the Messiah would take the sins of humanity upon Himself which is what Jesus Christ has done for us. He paid the penalty for the sins we have committed in our lives that God has said not to do.

Messiah would give eternal life
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Hosea 13:14

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

This was written over 700 years before Jesus was born. It shows how Jesus came to give us the ability to obtain eternal life through Him.

The Messiah would be afflicted but remain silent
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Isaiah 53:7

Afflicted. Matthew 27:29-30

Silent. Matthew 27:12-14

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. This talks about how He would be abused and afflicted but would not say anything. Its pretty hard to imagine that someone would not say anything while they are standing trial to see if they will be killed. Pilate even said in John 19:7-10 how he was amazed that Jesus didn’t answer him. Pilate didn’t want to kill Jesus but he gave into pressure from the Jewish leaders at the time. If Jesus did say something then Pilate may have let Him go but if Jesus didn’t die, then we would have to pay the penalty for our sins ourselves, which is eternal separation from God in Hell.

When the Messiah would come
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Daniel 9:25

John 12:12-13

This was written over 425 years before Jesus was born. This talks when the Messiah would come to Jerusalem. The time works out to be 483 years. From the time that the decree went out to rebuilt Jerusalem after it was destroyed to the time that Jesus entered Jerusalem saying He was the Messiah was 483 years to the very day. You can’t guess this. To predict to the very DAY when someone will come many hundreds of years before they do is pretty impossible.

Messiah would make intercession
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Isaiah 53:12

Luke 23:34

1 John 2:1

This was written over 680 years before Jesus was born. It shows how Jesus would intercede for us because of our sins. Only Jesus can do this because He is the only one who lived a perfect life, never sinning once.

Messiah would have a messenger before Him and come to His temple
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Malachi 3:1

Messenger. Matthew 3:1-2

Coming to the temple. Mark 11:15-16

This was written over 425 years before Jesus was born. This shows how someone will precede the Messiah, preparing people for Him. It also talks about how the Messiah would come to His temple suddenly.

The Messiah’s kingdom would be everlasting
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Daniel 7:13-14

Luke 1:31-33

This was written over 530 years before Jesus was born. It shows a couple of things. First of all that Jesus is now with God the Father. It also shows how Jesus’ kingdom is going to be an everlasting one, one without end and that people from all over the world will come and worship Jesus.

Kings from the East will worship the Messiah
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Psalm 72:10,11

Matthew 2:1,11

This was written over 800 years before Jesus was born. It shows that kings from the East will come to worship the Messiah, Jesus. Why would any kings come from a far away land to worship some other king that would, at the time, have no power or influence on their kingdoms? Only special revelation would make these kings come to worship the King of kings, Jesus.