נְבוּאוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ

Prophecy explorer

30 prophecies, in Hebrew, with their fulfilment

Each one shows the Hebrew text, the JPS 1917 Jewish translation and the New Covenant, plus how rabbinic tradition reads it, stated fairly.

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Genesis 3:15 וְאֵיבָה ׀ אָשִׁית בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָאִשָּׁה

The seed of the woman

Right after the fall, God promises that a descendant of the woman will crush the serpent, and be wounded doing it.

Fulfilment: Galatians 4:4, Hebrews 2:14

Genesis 12:3 וַאֲבָרֲכָה מְבָרְכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ

All the families of the earth blessed

God promises Abraham that through him every family on earth will be blessed.

Fulfilment: Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:16

Genesis 22:8 וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם אֱלֹהִים יִרְאֶה־לּוֹ הַשֶּׂה לְעֹלָה

God will provide the lamb

On Mount Moriah Abraham tells Isaac, "God will provide himself the lamb." A ram is given in Isaac's place.

Fulfilment: John 1:29, Romans 8:32

Genesis 49:10 לֹא־יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִיהוּדָה וּמְחֹקֵק מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו

The sceptre won't depart from Judah

Jacob says the sceptre will not depart from Judah "until he comes to whom it belongs" (WMB); the Hebrew word here is Shiloh, and "unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be" (JPS 1917).

Fulfilment: Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5

Exodus 12:5-7 שֶׂה תָמִים זָכָר בֶּן־שָׁנָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם

The Passover lamb

A lamb without blemish, its blood on the doorposts, and not one of its bones broken.

Fulfilment: 1 Corinthians 5:7, John 19:36

Leviticus 16:15-16 וְשָׁחַט אֶת־שְׂעִיר הַחַטָּאת אֲשֶׁר לָעָם וְהֵבִיא

The Day of Atonement

Once a year the high priest entered the Holy of Holies with blood to make atonement for all Israel.

Fulfilment: Hebrews 9:11-12, Hebrews 9:24-26

Numbers 21:8-9 וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף

The serpent lifted up

Bitten Israelites who looked at the bronze serpent on a pole lived.

Fulfilment: John 3:14-15

Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ וְלֹא עַתָּה אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְלֹא קָרוֹב

A star out of Jacob

Balaam sees the future: "A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel."

Fulfilment: Matthew 2:1-2, Revelation 22:16

Deuteronomy 18:15 נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ מֵאַחֶיךָ כָּמֹנִי יָקִים לְךָ

A prophet like Moses

Moses promises God will raise up a prophet like him from among Israel, and the people must listen to him.

Fulfilment: Acts 3:22-23, John 6:14

2 Samuel 7:12-14 כִּי ׀ יִמְלְאוּ יָמֶיךָ וְשָׁכַבְתָּ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶיךָ

David's throne forever

God promises David a descendant whose throne and kingdom will last forever, and "I will be his father, and he will be my son".

Fulfilment: Luke 1:31-33, Hebrews 1:5

Psalms 2:2 יִתְיַצְּבוּ ׀ מַלְכֵי־אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ־יָחַד עַל־יְהוָה

You are my Son

The kings rage against the LORD and his anointed (mashiach), and God says, "You are my son."

Fulfilment: Acts 4:25-27, Hebrews 1:5

Psalms 16:10 כִּי ׀ לֹא־תַעֲזֹב נַפְשִׁי לִשְׁאוֹל לֹא־תִתֵּן

Not abandoned to the grave

David says God won't abandon his soul to Sheol or let his holy one see corruption.

Fulfilment: Acts 2:25-32, Acts 13:35-37

Psalms 22:2 אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי

They pierced my hands and feet

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mocking crowds, hands and feet, garments divided by lots.

Fulfilment: Matthew 27:46, Matthew 27:39-43

Psalms 110:1 לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר נְאֻם יְהוָה ׀ לַאדֹנִי

Sit at my right hand

"The LORD says to my lord, sit at my right hand", and "you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek".

Fulfilment: Matthew 22:41-46, Hebrews 5:5-6

Psalms 118:22-23 אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה׃

The stone the builders rejected

The stone the builders rejected becomes the cornerstone. "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD."

Fulfilment: Matthew 21:42, Acts 4:10-12

Isaiah 7:14 לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת

The almah will bear a son: Immanuel

A sign to the house of David: the almah will conceive and bear a son, called Immanuel, "God with us".

Fulfilment: Matthew 1:22-23

Isaiah 9:5-6 כִּי־יֶלֶד יֻלַּד־לָנוּ בֵּן נִתַּן־לָנוּ וַתְּהִי הַמִּשְׂרָה

A child born: Mighty God

A child born to us, with the government on his shoulders, named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, on David's throne forever.

Fulfilment: Luke 1:32-33, Luke 2:11

Isaiah 11:1-2 וְיָצָא חֹטֶר מִגֵּזַע יִשָׁי וְנֵצֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁיו

A shoot from the stump of Jesse

From Jesse's cut-down stump a branch grows; the Spirit of the LORD rests on him, and the nations seek him.

Fulfilment: Romans 15:12, Matthew 3:16

Isaiah 40:3 קוֹל קוֹרֵא בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה

A voice in the wilderness

A voice calls to prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness.

Fulfilment: Mark 1:2-4, John 1:23

Isaiah 49:5-6 וְעַתָּה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה יֹצְרִי מִבֶּטֶן

A light to the nations

The servant is to bring Jacob back to God, and also be a light to the nations to the ends of the earth.

Fulfilment: Luke 2:30-32, Acts 13:47

Isaiah 53:3-6 נִבְזֶה וַחֲדַל אִישִׁים אִישׁ מַכְאֹבוֹת וִידוּעַ

The servant who carried our pain

A servant despised and rejected, wounded for our transgressions, silent like a lamb, buried with the rich, who then sees his offspring and justifies many.

Fulfilment: 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 8:34-35

Jeremiah 23:5-6 הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה וַהֲקִמֹתִי לְדָוִד

The LORD our righteousness

A righteous branch from David will reign, and his name will be "the LORD our righteousness" (YHWH Tzidkenu).

Fulfilment: 1 Corinthians 1:30, Romans 3:21-22

Jeremiah 31:31-34 הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְכָרַתִּי אֶת־בֵּית

A new covenant

God promises a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah: Torah on the heart, everyone knowing God, and sins remembered no more.

Fulfilment: Luke 22:20, Hebrews 8:8-12

Daniel 7:13-14 חָזֵה הֲוֵית בְּחֶזְוֵי לֵילְיָא וַאֲרוּ עִם־עֲנָנֵי

One like a son of man

Daniel sees one like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven, given everlasting dominion, served by all peoples.

Fulfilment: Mark 14:61-62, Matthew 26:64

Daniel 9:24-26 שָׁבֻעִים שִׁבְעִים נֶחְתַּךְ עַל־עַמְּךָ ׀ וְעַל־עִיר

Seventy weeks: Messiah cut off

From the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, "an anointed one" will be cut off, and then the city and the sanctuary destroyed.

Fulfilment: Luke 19:41-44, Galatians 4:4

Hosea 11:1 כִּי נַעַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וָאֹהֲבֵהוּ וּמִמִּצְרַיִם קָרָאתִי

Out of Egypt I called my son

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."

Fulfilment: Matthew 2:14-15

Micah 5:1 וְאַתָּה בֵּית־לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי

Bethlehem, whose origins are from of old

From little Bethlehem Ephrathah comes a ruler in Israel "whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days".

Fulfilment: Matthew 2:4-6, John 7:42

Zechariah 9:9 גִּילִי מְאֹד בַּת־צִיּוֹן הָרִיעִי בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם

Your king comes on a donkey

Jerusalem's king comes to her righteous, bringing salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey.

Fulfilment: Matthew 21:4-9, John 12:14-16

Zechariah 12:10 וְשָׁפַכְתִּי עַל־בֵּית דָּוִיד וְעַל ׀ יוֹשֵׁב

They will look on me whom they pierced

God pours out a spirit of grace on Jerusalem: "They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son."

Fulfilment: John 19:34-37, Revelation 1:7

Malachi 3:1 הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָכִי וּפִנָּה־דֶרֶךְ לְפָנָי וּפִתְאֹם

The Lord comes to his Temple

God sends his messenger to prepare the way, and "the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his Temple".

Fulfilment: Matthew 11:10, Luke 2:27-32

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