Foretold
The seed of the woman
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Fulfilled
Galatians 4:4
God sent his Son, born of a woman.
Scripture index
The Bible says a Messiah would come. These are the passages Christians point to as showing that Jesus of Nazareth is that Messiah.
The Old Testament was written over many centuries before Jesus was born. The New Testament records how its writers saw those words fulfilled in him. Quotations are from the King James Version.
Who the Messiah would descend from, and where he would be born.
The seed of the woman
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Galatians 4:4
God sent his Son, born of a woman.
A descendant of Abraham
Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Matthew 1:1 · Galatians 3:16
The gospel opens with Jesus as the son of Abraham. Paul says the promised seed is Christ.
From the tribe of Judah
Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Hebrews 7:14
It is plain that our Lord came from Judah.
A king from David's line
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper.
Luke 1:32
The angel tells Mary her son will be given the throne of his father David.
Born of a virgin
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:22–23
Matthew quotes this verse and applies it to the birth of Jesus.
Born in Bethlehem
Micah 5:2
But 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.
Matthew 2:1–6 · Luke 2:4–7
Jesus is born in Bethlehem, and the chief priests cite Micah when Herod asks where the Christ would be born.
Called out of Egypt
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Matthew 2:14–15
The family flees to Egypt and returns after Herod's death.
A forerunner, an anointing, and signs.
A voice preparing the way
Isaiah 40:3
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:1–3
John the Baptist preaches in the wilderness of Judaea, and Matthew names him as this voice.
Anointed to bring good news
Isaiah 61:1
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, to proclaim liberty to the captives.
Luke 4:16–21
Jesus reads this passage in the synagogue at Nazareth and says it is fulfilled that day.
The blind see, the deaf hear
Isaiah 35:5–6
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart.
Matthew 11:2–5
John sends to ask if Jesus is the one. Jesus points to the blind who see and the lame who walk.
A prophet like Moses
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.
Acts 3:22–26
Peter says Moses was speaking of Jesus.
A king on a donkey
Zechariah 9:9
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Matthew 21:4–9 · John 12:14–15
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey while the crowds welcome him.
Betrayal, suffering, and burial, written down centuries earlier.
Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver
Zechariah 11:12
So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:14–15 · 27:3–10
Judas agrees to betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Struck and spat upon
Isaiah 50:6
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Matthew 26:67 · 27:30
Jesus is struck and spat on before the high priest and by the soldiers.
Hands and feet pierced, garments divided
Psalm 22:16, 18
They pierced my hands and my feet. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
John 19:18, 23–24
Jesus is crucified, and the soldiers cast lots for his garment.
Given vinegar to drink
Psalm 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Matthew 27:34 · John 19:28–30
Jesus is offered vinegar on the cross.
No bone broken
Psalm 34:20
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
John 19:32–36
The soldiers break the legs of the other two men but find Jesus already dead.
Looked upon, pierced
Zechariah 12:10
And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced.
John 19:34, 37
A soldier pierces Jesus' side with a spear, and John cites this verse.
Suffering for the sins of others
Isaiah 53:5
But 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.
1 Peter 2:24–25
Peter says Christ bore our sins on the cross and that by his wounds we are healed.
Buried with the rich
Isaiah 53:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Matthew 27:57–60
Joseph of Arimathaea, a rich man, lays Jesus in his own new tomb.
The Messiah cut off
Daniel 9:26
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself.
Luke 24:26
Jesus asks the two on the road to Emmaus whether the Christ was not meant to suffer these things and then enter his glory.
The grave does not hold him, and he is raised to honor.
Not left in the grave
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:25–32 · Acts 13:35–37
Peter and Paul both say David was speaking of the resurrection of Jesus.
The rejected stone becomes the cornerstone
Psalm 118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matthew 21:42 · Acts 4:10–11
Jesus applies it to himself, and Peter repeats it after the resurrection.
Seated at God's right hand
Psalm 110:1
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Acts 2:34–36 · Hebrews 1:3
Peter says David was not speaking of himself. He was speaking of the risen Jesus.
What Jesus said about himself and the Scriptures.
To the woman at the well
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
John 4:25–26
In the synagogue at Nazareth
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luke 4:21
To those who studied the Scriptures
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:39
On Moses
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
John 5:46
Before the high priest
Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am.
Mark 14:61–62
After the resurrection
All things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luke 24:44
What the first disciples and apostles declared.
Andrew
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 1:41
Peter
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:16
The angel to the shepherds
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11
Peter at Pentecost
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:36
Paul in the synagogue
Reasoned with them out of the scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Acts 17:2–3
Paul to the Corinthians
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4
John, on why he wrote
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
John 20:31
John, in his letter
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.
1 John 5:1