Perhaps you’ve seen a table like this before, but in Kostenberger, Kellum, and Quarles’ NT Introduction The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown, they provide a table of Jesus’ Fulfillment of OT Prophecy in Matthew’s Gospel. I thought I would include it here because, upon looking at it, there are plenty more fulfillments than I thought there were. Jesus is the Messiah predicted in the Hebrew Scriptures, a theme highlighted especially in Matthew 1-4. “Virtually every significant event in Jesus’ life is shown to fulfill Scripture” (214). It’s a bit cramped, but hopefully still readable.
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Event in Jesus’ Life |
Ā Ā Matthew |
OT Passage |
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The virgin birth and name of Jesus |
Ā Ā 1.22-23 |
Isa 7.14; 8.8,10 |
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Bethlehem, Jesus’ birthplace |
Ā Ā 2.5-6 |
Mic 5.2 |
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The flight to Egypt |
Ā Ā 2.15 |
Hos 11.1 |
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The slaying of infants by Herod |
Ā Ā 2.18 |
Jer 31.15 |
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Jesus called a Nazarene (“branch”) |
Ā Ā 2.23 |
Isa 11.1; 53.2 |
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John the Baptist’s ministry |
Ā Ā 3.3; 11.10 |
Isa 40.3; Mal 3.1 |
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The temptation of Jesus |
Ā Ā 4.1-11 |
Deut 6.13,16; 8.3 |
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The beginning of Jesus’ ministry |
Ā Ā 4.15-16 |
Isa 9.1-2 |
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Jesus’ healing ministry |
Ā Ā 8.17; 11.5; 12.17-21 |
Isa 53.4; 35.5-6; 42.18; 61.1 |
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Division brought by Jesus |
Ā Ā 10.35-36 |
Mic 7.6 |
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Jesus’ gentle style of ministry |
Ā Ā 12.17-21 |
Isa 42.1-4 |
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Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection |
Ā Ā 12.40 |
Jonah 1.17 |
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Hardened response to Jesus |
Ā Ā 13.14-15; 15.7-9; 21.33,42 |
Isa 5.1-2; 6.9-10; 29.13; Ps 118.22-23 |
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Jesus’ teaching in parables |
Ā Ā 13.35 |
Ps 78.2 |
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Jesus’ triumphal entry |
Ā Ā 21.5,9 |
Isa 62.11; Ps 118.26 |
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Jesus’ cleansing of the temple |
Ā Ā 21.13 |
Isa 56.7; Jer 7.11 |
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Jesus as Son and Lord of David |
Ā Ā 1.1; 22.44 |
Ps 110.1 |
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Lament over Jerusalem |
Ā Ā 23.38-39 |
Jer 12.7; 22.5; Ps 118.26 |
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Judas’ betrayal of Jesus |
Ā Ā 26.15 |
Zech 11.12 |
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Peter’s denial |
Ā Ā 26.31 |
Zech 13.7 |
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Jesus’ arrest |
Ā Ā 26.54,56 |
The Scriptures, the Prophets |
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Judas’s death |
Ā Ā 27.9-10 |
Zech 11.12-13; Jer 32.6-9 |
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Jesus the righteous sufferer |
Ā Ā 27.34-35,39,43,46,48 |
Pss 22.1,7-8,18; 69.21 |
Related Posts
- Contemporary Portrayals of Jesus: Part 1
- Contemporary Portrayals of Jesus: Part 2
- OT Prophecies in Matthew
- Jesus’ Fulfillment of OT Feasts and Festivals
- Paul’s Allusions to Jesus
- Rhetorical Q&A in Romans 6-7
My Review of The Cradle, The Cross, and the Crown
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I was on an airplane, reading my Bible, while waiting for the rest of the passengers to get their seats. A Jewish lady sat next to me and saw I was reading the Bible. Her face lit up and she said, “Oh, would you read it to me?” (Usually talking about the Lord to a stranger isn’t that easy to get started!)
I said, “Sure,” and she immediately added, “Would you read Matthew?” I knew that was the gospel written to the Jews that quoted all the O.T. messianic prophesies – clearly a divine appointment. I read to her, and by the end of the flight we had exchanged addresses. We kept in touch for years. I don’t know what ever happened to her, but I expect to see her in heaven with Yeshua. š
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Thanks for that story! Yes, I do hope we all see her š
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Many entertain angels unaware. Blessings
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