Fulfilled Prophecies

Over 300 prophecies (predictions) in the Old Testament were fulfilled (happened) in the life of Jesus in the New Testament, including where He was born, how He would die, and even a timeline for these events! The odds of one man fulfilling all these prophecies by chance are astronomical. Listed below are 32 prophecies and fulfillments proving Jesus to be the Messiah, the Savior of the world.

Predicted

Prophecy

Fulfilled

  1. Micah 5:1-2
  2. Isaiah 7:14
  3. Genesis 49:10
  4. 2 Samuel 7:12, Psalm 132:11
  5. Hosea 11:1
  6. Jeremiah 31:15
  7. Isaiah 40:3-5
  8. Isaiah 35:4-6
  9. Zechariah 9:9                                 
  10. Psalm 69:8, Isaiah 53:3
  11. Psalm 41:9, Psalm 55:12, 13        
  12. Zechariah 11:12
  13. Zechariah 11:12-13
  14. Zechariah 13:7                               
  15. Psalm 35:11
  16. Isaiah 53:7
  17. Isaiah 50:6
  18. Isaiah 53:12                                     
  19. Psalm 22:15
  20. Psalm 69:21                                    
  21. Psalm 22:16
  22. Psalm 22:7-8                                   
  23. Psalm 22:18                                   
  24. Psalm 38:11
  25. Exodus 12:46, Psalm 34:20
  26. Psalm 22:1
  27. Psalm 22:14                                   
  28. Isaiah 53:9
  29. Psalm 16:10, Psalm 49:15
  30. Isaiah 53:4-12           
  31. Psalm 16:10
  32. Daniel 9:24-27, 12:11
  1. Messiah/Jesus would be born in Bethlehem
  2. Messiah/Jesus would be born of a virgin
  3. Messiah/Jesus would be from the tribe of Judah
  4. Messiah/Jesus would come from the lineage of David
  5. Messiah/Jesus would spend time in Egypt
  6. A massacre of children would occur at his birthplace
  7. A messenger would prepare the way for Him
  8. Messiah/Jesus would perform many healing miracles
  9. A king/Jesus would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey                                                          
  10. Messiah/Jesus would be rejected by His own people
  11. Messiah/Jesus would be betrayed by a friend                                       
  12. Messiah/Jesus would be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver
  13. The betrayal money would be used to buy a potter’s field
  14. Messiah/Jesus would be struck down by God and His disciples would abandon Him
  15. Messiah/Jesus would be falsely accused
  16. Messiah/Jesus would be silent before His accusers
  17. Messiah/Jesus would be spat upon and struck
  18. Messiah/Jesus would be killed with criminals                                      
  19. Messiah/Jesus would be thirsty on the cross
  20. Messiah/Jesus would be given vinegar to drink on the cross            
  21. His hands and feet would be pierced
  22. Messiah/Jesus would be mocked and ridiculed                                   
  23. Soldiers would gamble for His garments                                               
  24. His supporters would watch His suffering from a distance
  25. His bones would not be broken
  26. Messiah/Jesus would be forsaken by God
  27. Water would pour out of the Messiah/Jesus (due to a melted/broken heart)
  28. Messiah/Jesus would be buried with the rich
  29. Messiah/Jesus would be resurrected from the dead
  30. Messiah/Jesus would be the sacrifice for sin
  31. Messiah/Jesus would be raised from hades uncorrupted
  32. The timeline of His life and death as it related to the building and destruction of the Second Jewish Temple; that He would die before it was destroyed (which occurred in 70 AD)
  1. Matthew 2:1-6
  2. Matthew 1:18-23, Luke 1:26-31
  3. Luke 3:33, Hebrews 7:14
  4. Matthew 1:1, Acts 2:29, 30
  5. Matthew 2:13-15
  6. Matthew 2:16-18
  7. Matthew 3:1-3, 11, Luke 3:3-6
  8. Matthew 11:4-5
  9. Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-15
  10. John 1:11, John 7:1, 5, 7
  11. Matthew 26:14-16, 47-50, Luke 22:47-48, John 13:18
  12. Matthew 26:15
  13. Matthew 27:3-10
  14. Matthew 26:31, 56, Mark 14:27, 50                 
  15. Mark 14:57-58
  16. Mark 15:4-5
  17. Matthew 26:67
  18. Matthew 27:38, Mark 15:27-28, Luke 23:32, 33
  19. John 19:28
  20. Matthew 27:34, 48, John 19:28-30
  21. John 19:37, 20:25-27
  22. Matthew 27:39-44, Luke 23:35-36-39
  23. Luke 23:34, Matthew 27:35, John 19:24
  24. Luke 23:49
  25. John 19:33-36
  26. Matthew 27:46
  27. John 19:34                                         
  28. Matthew 27:57-60
  29. Matthew 28:2-7, Acts 2:22-32
  30. Romans 3:23-28, 5:6-11, 6:23
  31. Acts 2:27, 31
  32. Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14, all of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

The prophet Isaiah predicted multiple details about the suffering and death of the Messiah 700 years before Jesus was hated, rejected, whipped and crucified as the sacrifice for the sin of all mankind.