DESCRIPTION |
NT REFERENCE |
PROPHETIC PASSAGE ( S ) CITED /
FULFILLED
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The virgin birth |
Mt 1:22 – 23 |
Isa 7:14 ( LXX ) |
The Messiah originating from Bethlehem |
Mt 2:5 – 6 |
Combination of Mic 5:2 and 2Sa 5:2 |
The holy family escapes to Egypt |
Mt 2:15 |
Hos 11:1 |
The massacre of the infants |
Mt 2:17 – 18 |
Jer 31:15 |
The holy family settles in Nazareth |
Mt 2:23 |
No clear OT referent ; possibly alluding to Isa 11:1 , or to the OT concept of a Nazirite ( e . g ., Jdg 13:5 , 7 ; 16:17 ; 1Sa 2 ). |
Jesus sitting on a donkey ’ s colt |
Mt 21:4 – 5 ; Jn 12:15 |
Zec 9:9 ; compare Isa 62:11 . |
“ Blessed is he ( or , the king ) who comes in |
Mk 11:9 ; Lk 19:38 ; |
Ps 118:26 |
the name of the Lord ” |
Jn 12:13 |
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The suffering death of the Son of Man at |
Lk 18:31 – 33 |
“ the prophets ” |
the hands of Gentiles , and the resurrection |
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The betrayal of the Son of Man |
Mt 26:24 ; Mk 14:21 |
No clear OT references . |
The desertion by the disciples |
Mt 26:31 ; Mk 14:27 |
Based on Zec 13:7 ; compare Isa 53:6 |
Jesus ’ violent arrest |
Mt 26:56 |
“ the scriptures of the prophets ” |
The chief priests use Judas ’ abandoned blood money to purchase a field . |
Mt 27:9 – 10 |
Matthew attributes the quote to Jeremiah ( possibly thinking of both Jer 18:1 – 3 and 32:6 – 15 ), though the text is a paraphrase of Zec 11:13 . |