Old Testament Promises

Events in the Life of JESUS CHRIST

New Testament Fulfillments

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise th; head, and thou shalt bruise His heel.

- Genesis 3:15

Born as a human being

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law.

- Galatians 4:4

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.

- Micah 5:2a

Born in Bethlehem

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.

- Matthew 2:1

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

- Isaiah 7:14b

Born of a virgin

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

- Matthew 1:18

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

- Isaiah 53:3

Despised by the Jews

He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.

- John 1:11

Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion, shout, 0 daughter of Jerusalem: 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.

- Zechariah 9:9

Triumphant entry into Jerusalem

Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet Him' and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when He had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written.

- John 12:13-14

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give Me My price: and if not, forbear. So they weighed for My price thirty pieces of silver.

- Zechariah 11:12

Sold for thiry pieces of silver

And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you? And they coverianted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

- Matthew 26:15

He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.

- Isaiah 53:7

Silent during His trial

And the high priest arose, and said unto Him, Answerest Thou nothing? What is it which these witness against Thee?

But Jesus held His peace.

- Matthew 26:62-63a

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.

- Isaiah 50:6

Hit and spit upon

And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands.

- Mark 14:65

They pierced My hands and My feet.

- Psalm 22:16b

His hands and feet pierced

Then saith He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing.

- John 20:27

And they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced.

- Zechariah 12:10a

His side pierced

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

- John 19:34

They part My garments among them, and cast lot s upon My vesture.

- Psalm 22:18

Lots cast for His garments

And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

- Mark 15:24

He keepeth all His bones: not one of them is broken.

- Psalm 34:20

No bone broken

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs.

- John 19:33

And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death.

- Isaiah 53:9a

Buried with the rich

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

- Matthew 27:59-60

For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.

- Psalm 16:10

Arose from the dead

He is not here: for He is risen, as He said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

- Matthew 28:6

Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive.

- Psalm 68:18a

Ascended into heaven

And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

- Luke 24:51