Does Jesus’ life fulfill Messianic Prophecies? The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, and the work of late Professor Emeritus of Science at Westmont College, Peter Stoner, in Science Speaks, illustrate that the chance of one person fulfilling these prophecies is 1 in 10^157 (10 with 157 zeros behind it). This formula creates a mathematical chance of probability of truthfulness that is unmatched anywhere. Here are a sample of prophecies that were fulfilled in Jesus.
Understanding Messianic Prophecies
| Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. | Micah 5:2 | Matthew 2:1 Luke 2:4-6 |
| Jesus would be born of a virgin. | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:22-23 Luke 1:26-31 |
| Jesus would spend a season in Egypt. | Hosea 11:1 | Matthew 2:14-15 |
| A massacre of children would happen at Jesus’s birthplace. | Jeremiah 31:15 | Matthew 2:16-18 |
| Jesus would be called a Nazarene. | Isaiah 11:1 | Matthew 2:23 |
| Jesus would bring light to Galilee. | Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:13-16 |
| Jesus would speak in parables. | Psalm 78:2-4 Isaiah 6:9-10 | Matthew 13:10- 15, 34-35 |
| Jesus would be called King. | Psalm 2:6 Zechariah 9:9 | Matthew 27:37 Mark 11:7-11 |
| Jesus would be betrayed. | Psalm 41:9 Zechariah 11:12-13 | Luke 22:47-48 Matthew 26:14- 16 |
| Jesus’s price money would be used to buy a potter’s field. | Zechariah 11:12-13 | Matthew 27:9-10 |
| Jesus would be hated without cause. | Psalm 35:19 Psalm 69:4 | John 15:24-25 |
| Jesus would be crucified with crim- inals. | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:38 Mark 15:27-28 |
| Jesus would be given vinegar to drink. | Psalm 69:21 | Matthew 27:34 John 19:28-30 |
| Jesus’s hands and feet would be pierced. | Psalm 22:16 Zechariah 12:10 | John 20:25-27 |
| Jesus would be mocked and ridi- culed. | Psalm 22:7-8 | Luke 23:35 |
| Soldiers would gamble for Jesus’s garments. | Psalm 22:18 | Luke 23:34 Matthew 27:35- 36 |
| Jesus’s bones would not be broken. | Exodus 12:46 Psalm 34:20 | John 19:33-36 |
| Jesus would pray for his enemies. | Psalm 109:4 | Luke 23:34 |
| Soldiers would pierce Jesus’s side. | Zechariah 12:10 | John 19:34 |
| Jesus would be buried with the rich. | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 27:57- 60 |
| Jesus would rise from the dead. | Psalm 16:10 Psalm 49:15 | Matthew 28:2-7 Acts 2:22-32 |