Jesus is the Messiah applying Old Testament Prophesy

Jesus had been teaching in the synagogues, and everyone praised him. When He returns to His hometown of Nazareth on the Sabbath day, He makes a stop to visit the synagogue, as was custom. Jesus stood up to read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah that was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

• "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me (Messiah) to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor...." Isaiah 61:1-2

Jesus abruptly stops reading after the first two verses, rolls up the scroll, then gives it back to the attendant and sits down. Everyone's eyes were fastened on Jesus. Then He said to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing" (Luke 4:16-21). Never before had someone stopped reading in the middle of a verse. It was common practice in the synagogue to read the entire verse and unthinkable to stop in the middle. At this moment Jesus was announcing that He was the Messiah and they had just witnessed the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1-2. The reason why Jesus didn't read the entire verse is because the rest of the scripture had yet to be fulfilled.

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.”

― Corrie ten Boom

Dutch Christian Watchmaker & Writer

Listed below are only our top 10 fulfilled Messianic prophesies from the Bible. Provided below is a link to the Jews for Jesus website for a deeper understanding of the Messianic prophesy's Jesus fulfilled and at the page bottom is an analysis of the probability that anyone could fulfill all the Hebrew Bible Messianic prophecies. 

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14 written 740 B.C.E.

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:22–23 written A.D. 80 and 90

• "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:31–35 31  written  A.D. 63 and 68 

 Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• “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." Micah 5:2 written 750–700 B.C.E. 

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod,  Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:  6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
  for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.” Matthew 2:1–6 written A.D. 80 and 90

• "On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from  Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus." John 7:40–43 written A.D. 70 

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy 

• “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:8–11 written 539 B.C.E.

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "So it is also stated elsewhere: You will not let your holy one see decay.’ 36 Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. 37 But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay." Acts 13:35–37 written A.D. 63

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• “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." Zechariah 11:12 written 518 B.C.E.

•  "If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death."

Pretty interesting that a male bull or female slave were worth the same @ 30 shekels which was the same price paid for the Son of God.

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver." Matthew 26:14–15 written A.D. 80 and 90

• "When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders." Matthew 27:3

• "Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me." Matthew 27:9–10

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." Zechariah 9:9 written 518 B.C.E. 

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

• "The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on." Matthew 21:6-7 written A.D. 80 and 90

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• "Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet." Psalms 22:16 written 587 B.C.E.

• “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son." Zechariah 12:10 written 518 B.C.E. 

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water." John 19:33–34 written A.D. 90

• “Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen."  Revelation 1:7 written A.D. 96

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• "When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name (David), and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." 2 Samuel 7:12–13 written 630–540 B.C.E.

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

• "This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham." Matthew 1:1 written A.D. 80 and 90 

• "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:32-33 written A.D. 85

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• "He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,
  though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth." Isaiah 53:9 written 740 B.C.E.

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy 

• "As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb." Matthew 27:57–61 written  A.D. 80 and 90 

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• “See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him - his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness 15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. 53:1 Who has believed our message  and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,  and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,  nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,  a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces  he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain  and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,  each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah 52:13–53:12  written 740 B.C.E. 

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick." 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.” Matthew 8:16–17 written A.D. 80 and 90  

• "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 written A.D. 80 and 90

• "In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:20 written A.D. 85 

• "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 1 Peter 2:21–24 written A.D. 63

Hebrew Bible - Prophesy

• “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, declares the Lord. 33 This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Jeremiah 31:31 written 627 B.C.E. 

New Testament - Fulfilled Prophesy

• "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:28 written A.D. 80 and 90

• "In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:20 written A.D. 63 and 68

• "He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Corinthians 3:6 written A.D. 55

• "But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. 7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord,  when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel  and with the people of Judah. 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand  to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,  and I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel  after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds  and write them on their hearts. I will be their God,  and they will be my people. 11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,  or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me,  from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” 13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear." Hebrews 8:6–13 written A.D. 90-100

•  "to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." Hebrews 12:24

• "For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant." Hebrews 9:15

"Christ literally walked in our shoes."

― Tim Keller

American Pastor, Theologian, and Christian Apologist

The questions we want to answer; "Was Jesus of the Bible who He claimed to be? Was He really God's Son? Was Jesus the Messiah?" Jesus had no control over things like the where, when and how He was born, or where He was buried. These events  just adds to the available evidence that He did not just intentionally attempted to make sure that all of the prophecies were fulfilled so that people would believe Him to be the Messiah, Savior. We've only chosen the following 8 Biblical Messianic scriptures that were fulfilled by Christ to do our analysis.

1. He would be born of a Virgin. (Isaiah 7:14)

2. He would be born in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2)

3. He would be Resurrected. (Psalm 16:8–11)

4. He would be betrayed for 30 Pieces of Silver. (Zechariah 11:12)

5. He would come Riding on a Donkey. (Zechariah 9:9)

6. He would be Pierced. (Psalms 22:16)

7. He would be a Descendant of David (2 Samuel 7:12–13) 

8. He would Die with the Wicked, He would be Buried with the Rich. (Isaiah 53:9)

 "God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."

― Tony Evans

American Christian Pastor, Author

Mathematics & Astronomy Professor Peter W. Stoner has made the statement that the chances of just any 8 prophecies (like these) coming true by sheer chance is 1 in  10^17(or 100,000,000,000,000,000). That would be equivalent to covering the whole state of Texas with silver dollars two feet deep and then expecting a blindfolded man to walk across the state and on the very first try find the ONE coin you marked. And if we were to add only 8 more similar prophecies, for a total of 16, the odds would be 1 x 10^28 x 10^17 or 1 in 10^45 (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000).

Using the same type of illustration as the coins covering Texas, if we were to press this many (10^45) silver dollars into a ball and place the center of this ball where the center of our Sun is, this silver ball's outer edge would be in approximately the same area as the orbit of Neptune (almost to Pluto.). One man fulfilling all 16 prophecies by sheer chance would be like sending a blind-folded person out to find one specific silver dollar that has been marked and has been mixed up somewhere in this huge ball and actually finding it the first time!  (Keep in mind that this is a BALL, not a disk like our Solar System.)

 By using only 48 of these prophecies it was calculated that the chances of one person fulfilling them all by sheer chance would be 1 in 10^157. To help us understand how huge this number is he suggested taking 10^157 electrons and pressing them into a solid ball.  This ball, made entirely of electrons, would fill, not just our galaxy, but the entire known universe, MANY times over.  Once again we would mark just one electron, blindfold a man and send him out to find that one electron.  (In 1952 when Peter Stoner's book was originally published the universe was believed to be about 6 billion light years in all directions.  That universe would need to be filled with electrons about 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times.

"To the extent, then, that we know this blindfolded man cannot pick out the marked electron, we know that the Bible is inspired. This is not merely evidence. It is proof of the Bible's inspiration by God--proof so definite that the universe is not large enough to hold the evidence." "Any man who rejects Christ as the Son of God is rejecting a fact proved perhaps more absolutely than any other fact in the world." 

Peter W. Stoner

The Christ of Prophecy, Science Speaks 

What is the probability that someone could fulfill all the Messianic prophesy's of the Hebrew Bible? This should close the book on the identity of the the Messiah as no other than Jesus Christ.  You have mathematical proof that Jesus was, and is the Messiah. Jesus Christ really is God's Son. Now, what are you going to do about it?

 Probably the most powerful verse in the Bible describing who the Messiah would be is found in Isaiah 53. This verse leaves no doubt that Jesus fulfilled this scripture written 740 to 700 B.C.E.

• "Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,  a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. 4 Surely he took up our pain  and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,  stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 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 its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,  and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 12 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." 

Below is a list of over 365 Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) scripture references referring to the Messiah, and their corresponding New Testament fulfillment in Jesus Christ. 

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." 

― Chuck Swindoll

Evangelical Christian Pastor