God Always Keeps His Promises.
1. The Promises of God from the Old Testament
2. Fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy in the Gospels
The Promises of God from the Old Testament - A selection of the many, (good and bad!)
God always keeps his Word
| Gen 217b | For when you eat of it you will surely die. | Gen 37,10 |
| Gen 218 | I will make a helper suitable for him. | Gen 322 |
| Gen 315 | He (the Offspring) will crush your head, and you (the serpent) will strike his heal. |
Calvary |
| Gen 316 | I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing. | Every birth |
| Gen 319 | By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food. | Weeds etc |
| Gen 67,18 | I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth ... everything
on earth will perish. I will establish my covenant with you, ... you will enter the ark. |
Gen 716-23 Gen 98-17 |
| Gen 123 | I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses
you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. |
Jewish History Lu 229-32 |
| Gen 1512-20 | Your descendants will be ... enslaved and ill-treated 400
years And afterwards they will come out. |
Exd 1240-42 Passover |
| Exd 1413,14 | Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord. | Exd 1430 |
| Exd 164 | I will rain down bread from heaven for you. (Manna) | Exd 164 |
| Exd 2320 | See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you | Josh 513 |
| Exd 3233 | Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. | Exd 3235 |
| Lev 1622 | The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place. | Jn 1917 |
| Deut 429 Math 77 | If you seek the Lord your God, you will find him. | Ps 346 |
| Josh 15 | As I was with Moses, so will I be with you ... | Josh 627 1123 |
| 1 Kg 174 I | have ordered the ravens to feed you ... | 1 Kg 176 |
| 1 Kg 179,14 | The jar of flour (and oil) will not be used up, until ... | 1 Kg 1715 |
| 1 Kg 181 | Present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land. | 1 Kg 1846 |
| 2 Kg 416 | About this time next year you will hold a son in your arms. | 2 Kg 417 |
| 2 Kg 1932-34 | He will not enter this city ... I will defend it. | 2 Kg 1935 |
| Is 1311 | I will punish the world for its evil ... | Rev 161- |
| Is 2918-24 | In that day the deaf will hear ... the blind see ... the humble and needy rejoice ... | Lu 722 |
| Is 3317 | Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. | Lu 229-32 |
| Is 5920 | The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins. | Lu 2421-27 |
| Is 611-3 | The Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ... | Lu 421 |
| Is 652 | All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people ... | Jn 1918 |
| Is 6517 | Behold I will create new heavens and a new earth ... | Rev 211 |
| Jer 1911 | I will smash this nation ... just as this potter's jar is smashed ... | 586 BC |
| Jer 3315 | I will raise up a righteous Branch ... in his days Judah will be saved ... | Lu 421 Jn 155 |
| Ezek 1118-20 | I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; | Act 24 242-47 |
| Ezek 184 | The soul who sins is the one who will die. | Adam, All men |
| Ezek 2416 | I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. ... | Ezek 2418 |
| Ezek 2427 | At that time your mouth will be opened ... | (Ezek 3) Ezek 3322 |
| Ezek 3411-16 | I myself will search for my sheep ... I will rescue them ... ... | Jn 1014 |
| Ezek 4712 | Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river ... | Rev 221-5 |
| Dan 526-28 | Mene, mene, tekel, parsin ... = Numbered, weighed, divided | Dan 530 |
| Hosea 1314 | I will ransom them from the power of the grave ... | 1 Co 1555 |
| Joel 232 | Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved ... | Act 239 |
| Amos 98 | ... yet I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob. | Jn 412,42 |
| Jonah 34 | Forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed ... | Jonah 310 |
| Micah 52 | ... Bethlehem ... out of you will come one ... | Lu 24 |
| Hab 15 | I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe ... | Babylonians |
| Zeph 38-20 | The whole world will be consumed ... then I will purify ... | Rev 211 |
| Zech 38,9 | I am going to bring my servant, the Branch ... and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day. | Calvary |
| Zech 81-13 | I will return to Zion ... the city streets will be filled
with boys and girls playing there ... I will save my people ... I will bring them back |
Jn 114 1948 |
| Zech 122 | I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling ... | Joel 32,12 Rev 1616 |
| Zech 131 | On that day a fountain will be opened ... to cleanse them from sin and impurity | Jn 414 737 Rev 2217 |
| Mal 45 | I am going to send you the prophet Elijah ... | Math 114 |
These are just a small selection from most of the books of the Old Testament.
And there are many more promises in the New Testament
The Scriptures, Jewish history and Christian experience all prove that God
always keeps his promises (good and bad!)
Fulfillment of O.T. Prophecy
in the Gospels
(or yet to be fulfilled e.g. Math 29)
"The New is in the Old Concealed; the Old is in the New Revealed."
| Mal 45,6 See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse. |
Lk 117 And he (John) will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Math 1113,14 Mk 911
Math 1711,12 |
| Is 403 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God." |
Math 33 Mk 13 Jn 123 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him." |
| Gen 4910 The sceptre will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his. |
Math 117 26 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. 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 be the shepherd of my people Israel. |
| Is 96,7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. |
Lk 132,33 He (Jesus) 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, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end. |
| Is 714 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. |
Lk 135 Math 123 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God." ... The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means, "God with us." |
| Is 403-5 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." |
Lk 33-6 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. And all mankind will see God's salvation.'" |
| Mic 52 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. |
Lk 210,11 Math 26 Jn 742
But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. |
| Lev 121-8 Exd 131,2 The Lord said to Moses, "Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether man or animal." |
Lk 222 When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. |
| Is 426 I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles. |
Lk 230-32 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. A light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel." |
| Is 814,15 And he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured. |
Lk 234 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against." |
| Ps 11822,23 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; The Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes |
Lu 209-16 Math 2142 Mk 1210
1 Pe 24 Act 411 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone'? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." |
| Hos 111 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. |
Math 214,15 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son." |
| Jer 3115 This is what the Lord says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more." |
Math 216-18 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under. |
| Is 533 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. |
Math 223 And he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene." (i.e. poor and despised)
Mk 1529-32 |
| Gen 227,8,13,14 "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." ... Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. |
Jn 129,36 The next day saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
Lu 2219,20 Rev 56 |
| Is 91,2 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honour Galilee of the Gentiles, by way of the sea, along the Jordan - The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land on the shadow of death a light has dawned. |
Math 415 Jn 815 95 Jesus went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali - to fulfill what was said by the prophet Isaiah ... When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." |
| Is 611,2 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach 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, To proclaim the year of the Lord's favour and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn. |
Lk 418-20 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour. Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. |
| Is 355,6 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. |
Lk 722 So he replied to the messengers, "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor." |
| Is 534 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. |
Math 817 This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." |
| Gen 222 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering ... |
Math 317 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." |
| Gen 228,14 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. ... So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided." |
Jn 856 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.
Heb 1012,14 |
| Ezek 3411-31 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep ... I will rescue them ... I will tend them in a good pasture ... I will bind up the injured ... I will make a covenant of peace with them ... |
Jn 101-18 I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me ... He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out ... his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. |
| Ps 10728,29 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. |
Math 826 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. |
| Mal 31 See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the Lord Almighty. |
Math 1110 Mk 12 Lk 727
This is the one about whom it is written: "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you." |
| Deut 1817,18 The Lord said to me: "What they say is good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him." |
Jn 334 828,29 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. ... So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am [the one I claim to be] and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him." |
| Is 421-4 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope. |
Math 317 175 A voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
Math 1214-21
Jn 530 Act 1731 Rev 1911 |
| Num 219 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. |
Jn 314 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. |
| Ps 7822-38 For they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance. Yet he gave a command ... He rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven. In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe ... they were not faithful to his covenant. Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. |
Jn 630-40 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." ... I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry. ... everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life ... |
| Is 551 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. |
Jn 737 Rev 2217 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. ... The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. |
| Jonah 117 But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. (The wonder here is not that Jonah survived hes is time in the fish, but that after prayer he died and after 3days and nights God raised him from the dead. This is clearly the sign that Jesus refers to.) |
Math 1240 Lk 1130,32 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.
Lk 1129 Math 1238,39 |
| Is 69,10 Ps 782 He said, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old. |
Lu 85-11 Math 1314 A farmer went out to sow his seed ... When he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." His disciples asked him what this parable meant. He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.' "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God..."
Math 1334,35 |
| 2 Ch 91-12 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan ... she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind. |
Math 1242 Lk 1131 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. |
| Is 5413 All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children's peace. |
Jn 645 It is written in the Prophets: "They will all be taught by God." Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. |
| Is 2913 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men." |
Math 157 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: "These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men." |
| Is 567 Jer 711 These I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. |
Lk 1946 Math 2113 Jn 216
"It is written," he said to them," 'My house will be a house of prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" |
| Dan 1211 From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. |
Mk 1314 Math 2415 When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong, let the reader understand, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. |
| Dan 121 At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered. |
Mk 1319,20 Math 2422 Because those will be days of distress unequalled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now--and never to be equalled again. If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. |
| Is 1310 344 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. |
Mk 1324,25 Math 2429 But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. |
| Gen 6,7 The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain ... |
Lk 1726,27 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. |
| Gen 1917 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away! ..." |
Lk 1728,29,32 It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulphur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Remember Lot's wife! |
| Dan 713,14 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshipped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. |
Mk 1326 Lk 2127 At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
Rev 211
Jn 1836 |
| Gen 37,21 Ruth 39 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. ... The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. "Who are you?" Boaz asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer." |
Jn 1014,15 Math 2628 Is
6110 I am the good Shepherd ... I lay down my life for the sheep. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness. |
| Ps 321 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. |
Lu 748 Math 92 Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven ... your faith has saved you; go in peace." |
| Ps 11826 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you. |
Math 219 Mk 119 Jn 1213
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Hosanna in the highest!"
Lk 1334,35 Math 2339 |
| Zech 99 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. |
Math 215 Jn 1215 Say to the Daughter of Zion, "See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." |
| Zech 1112,13 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. And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter"--the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to the potter. |
Math 2614,15 Then one of the Twelve - the one called Judas Iscariot - went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins. (The price of a dead slave was also 30 silver coins. Exd 2132) |
| Ps 419 Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. |
Jn 1318,21 I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfil the scripture: "He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me." I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.
Math 2623 Mk 1418 Lk 2221 |
| Ps 694 Those who hated me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; |
Jn 1522-25 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfil what is written in their Law: "They hated me without reason." |
| Gen 1418,19 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, ... |
Lu 2219,20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 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. |
| Zech 137 "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!" declares the Lord Almighty. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered." |
Math 2631 Mk 1427 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'" |
| Ps 408 I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." |
Lu 2242 Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. |
| Is 506 I offered my back to those who beat me, ... I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. |
Math 2667 Mk 1465 Jn 191
They spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. |
| Is 537 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 her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. |
Math 2712-14 Mk 155 Lk
238,9 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear the many things they testify against you?" But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor. When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased and ... plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. |
| Is 533 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. |
Lk 2311 Jn 193 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. |
| Ps 2214-17 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. ... My strength is dried up ... a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones. |
Jn 1917,18 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull ... Here they crucified him ... |
| Ps 6921 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst. |
Math 2734,48 Mk 1536 Lk
2336 Jn 1928 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." |
| Ps 2218 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing. |
Jn 1923 Math 2735 Mk 1524
Lk 2334 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled ... |
| Is 5312 ... 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. |
Math 2738 Mk 1527 Lk 2237
2333,34 Jn 1918 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." |
| Ps 227,8 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: "He trusts in the Lord; let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him." |
Math 2739,43 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads ... He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, "I am the Son of God." |
| Ps 221 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? |
Math 2746 Mk 1534 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" |
| Ps 315 Into your hands I commit my spirit; ... |
Lk 2346 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. |
| Ps 2231 ... for he has done it. |
Jn 1930 ... Jesus said, "It is finished." |
| Num 912 They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.
Zech 1210 |
Jn 1933-37 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: ... |
| Exd 3130-33 Is 257 Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you ... Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; |
Math 2751 Mk 1538 Lk 2345
Heb 1019,20 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith ... |
| Is 539 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. |
Math 2757-60 Mk 1546 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body ... Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock... |
| Ps 1610 Because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. Gen 315 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel |
Mk 166 Lk 247,46 "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him." (The 'Offspring' is Jesus, born of Mary. He conquered death and sin at Calvary. And he will throw the defeated serpent into hell at the end) |
| Ps 1101 The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." |
Mk 1619 Lk 2269 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. |
| Is 531 69,10 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ... He said, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed." |
Jn 1237-41 Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe him. This was to fulfil the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn, and I would heal them." Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him. |
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| Luke 168-76 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him. |
| Lk 1831 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled." |
| Lk 2122 For this is the time of punishment in fulfilment of all that has been written. |
| Lk 2425-32 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. ... They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" |
| Lk 2444-46 He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day." |
| Jn 145 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." |
| Jn 222 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. |
| Jn 539,40 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. |
| Jn 546 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. |
| Jn 614 After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." |
| Jn 740 On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet." |
| Jn 1712 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. |