Everything a Christian Should Know About Prophecy
Includes a brief description of each prophet in the Bible, a review of the primary subjects of prophecy, and an examination of prophecy yet future. Our look at end-times events includes an expositional (verse by verse) commentary on the book of Revelation. Click here to begin reading.
Messianic Prophecies (those pertaining to the Messiah)
The Old Testament contains several hundred prophecies pertaining to the coming Messiah. This is a list of ninety-seven Old Testament prophecies that are unique to Jesus and how they were fulfilled in the New Testament. Here is an exercise for any mathematician, what would be the odds of one person in history to fulfill ten prophecies? How about fifty? What about ninety-seven? Some rightfully say that it would be impossible to have a person randomly meet that many criteria. But Jesus did, He truly is the Messiah! Click here to review the list.
Prophetic Text Overviews
In the commentary for the four gospels (Everything a Christian Should Know About the Gospels) we recorded every time the author noted fulfilment of an Old Testament prophecy. Each reference includes the text of both the Old Testament citation and the New Testment fulfillment text with a brief description and scenario. The complete list is provided below, click on a number to read the overview.
| Number | Fulfillment | Old Testament Reference |
| 1 | Matthew 1:22-23 | Isaiah 7:14 |
| 2 | Matthew 2:5-6 | Micah 5:2 |
| 3 | Matthew 2:15 | Hosea 11:1 |
| 4 | Matthew 2:18 | Jeremiah 31:15 |
| 5 | Matthew 2:23 | Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15; Zechariah 3:8; 6:12 |
| 6 | Matthew 3:1-6 | Isaiah 40:3-5 |
| 7 | Matthew 4:12-16 | Isaiah 9:1-2 LXX |
| 8 | Matthew 8:14-17 | Isaiah 53:4-5 |
| 9 | Matthew 11:10 | Malachi 3:1 |
| 10 | Matthew 12:14-21 | Isaiah 42:1-4 |
| 11 | Matthew 13:14-15 | Isaiah 6:9-10 |
| 12 | Matthew 13:34-35 | Psalm 78:2 |
| 13 | Matthew 15:1-9 | Isaiah 29:13 |
| 14 | Matthew 21:1-5 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| 15 | Matthew 26:31-32 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| 16 | Matthew 26:55-56 | Psalm 27:12 |
| 17 | Matthew 27:6-10 | Zechariah 11:12-13 (although Matthew gives Jeremiah credit) |
| 18 | Mark 1:2-3 | Malachi 3:1; Isaiah 40:3 |
| 19 | Mark 14:27 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| 20 | Mark 14:46-50 | Psalm 41:9-10; 55:12-14 |
| 21 | Luke 3:3-6 | Isaiah 40:35 |
| 22 | Luke 4:16-22 | Isaiah 61:1-2a (and a portion of Isaiah 58:6) |
| 23 | Luke 18:31-34 | Genesis 22:4; 42:18; Exodus 19:16; Joshua 2:16; Ezra 8:32; Esther 5:1; Psalm 22:6-7, 18; 69:9, 19-20, 26; Isaiah 50:6; 52:9-10; 53:3-5; Daniel 9:26; Hosea 6:2; Jonah 2:1; Zechariah 12:10 |
| 24 | Luke 22:35-37 | Isaiah 53:12 |
| 25 | John 1:19-23 | Isaiah 40:3-5 |
| 26 | John 2:14-17 | Psalm 69:9 |
| 27 | John 12:12-15 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| 28 | John 13:16-20 | Psalm 41:9 |
| 29 | John 15:21-25 | Psalm 35:19; 69:4 |
| 30 | John 17:11-12 | 2 Samuel 16:14-17; Psalm 41:9; 55:13-16; 109:8-9 |
| 31 | John 19:23-24 | Psalm 22:18 |
| 32 | John 19:28 | Psalm 69:21 |
| 33 | John 19:36 | Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:2; Psalm 34:20 |
| 34 | John 19:37 | Zechariah 12:10; 13:1 |