Jesus Christ of Nazareth fulfilled over 300 Prophecies that were written hundreds and even thousands of years before his birth.
Through history, God provided a roadmap:
foretold were various signs and conditions through His prophets. These prophets spoke of things that mankind should watch for so that the Messiah would be recognized and believed. These signs or prophecies were given to us in the Old Testament.
The Old Testament is the part of the Bible written before Jesus was born. Its writings were completed in 450 B.C. The Old Testament, written hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth, contains over 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through His life, death and resurrection. Mathematically speaking, the odds of anyone fulfilling this amount of prophecy are staggering.
Mathematicians put it this way: 1 person fulfilling 8 prophecies: 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000
After examining only eight different prophecies, they conservatively estimated that the chance of one man fulfilling all eight prophecies was one in 10^17. To illustrate how large the number 10^17 IS (a figure with 17 zeros), imagine this illustration :
1 person fulfilling 48 prophecies: 1 chance in 10 to the 157th power
1 person fulfilling 300+ prophecies: Only Jesus!
Josh in McDowell and Lee Strobel in trying to Disprove Jesus – became a Christians !
Josh on the Resurrection:
Lee and his Testimony:
70 Prophecies:
| Fulfilled Prophecy | Tanakh/Hebrew Scripture | New Testament |
| His pre-existence | Micah 5:2 | John 1:1, 14 |
| Born of the seed of a woman | Genesis 3:15 | Matthew 1:18 |
| Of the seed of Abraham | Genesis 12:3 | Matthew 1:1-16 |
| All nations blessed by Abraham’s seed | Genesis 12:3 | Matthew 8:5, 10 |
| God would provide Himself a Lamb as an offering | Genesis 22:8 | John 1:29 |
| From the tribe of Judah | Genesis 49:10 | Matthew 1:1-3 |
| Heir to the throne of David | Isaiah 9:6-7 | Matthew 1:1 |
| Called “The mighty God, The everlasting Father” | Isaiah 9:6 | Matthew 1:23 |
| Born in Bethlehem | Micah 5:2 | Matthew 2:1 |
| Born of a virgin | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:18 |
| His name called Immanuel, “God with us” | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23 |
| Declared to be the Son of God | Psalm 2:7 | Matthew 3:17 |
| His messenger before Him in spirit of Elijah | Malachi 4:5-6 | Luke 1:17 |
| Preceded by a messenger to prepare His way | Malachi 3:1 | Matthew 11:7-11 |
| Messenger crying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord” | Isaiah 40:3 | Matthew 3:3 |
| Would be a Prophet of the children of Israel | Deuteronomy 18:15 | Matthew 2:15 |
| Called out of Egypt | Hosea 11:1 | Matthew 2:15 |
| Slaughter of the children | Jeremiah 31:15 | Matthew2:18 |
| Would be a Nazarene | Judges 13:5; Amos 2:11; Lam. 4:7 | Matthew 2:23 |
| Brought light to Zabulon & Nephthalm, Galilee of the Gentiles | Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:15 |
| Presented with gifts | Psalm 72:10 | Matthew 2:1, 11 |
| Rejected by His own | Isaiah 53:3 | Matthew 21:42; Mark 8:31, 12:10; Luke 9:22, 17:25 |
| He is the stone which the builders rejected which became the headstone | Psalm 118:22-23; Isaiah 28:16 | Matthew 21:42; I Peter 2:7 |
| A stone of stumbling to Israel | Isaiah 8:14-15 | I Peter 2:8 |
| He entered Jerusalem as a king riding on an ass | Zechariah 9:9 | Matthew 21:5 |
| Betrayed by a friend | Psalms 41:9 | John 13:21 |
| Sold for 30 pieces of silver | Zechariah 11:12 | Matthew 26:15; Luke 22:5 |
| The 30 pieces of silver given for the potter’s field | Zechariah 11:12 | Matthew 27:9-10 |
| The 30 pieces of silver thrown in the temple | Zechariah 11:13 | Matthew 27:5 |
| Forsaken by His disciples | Zechariah 13:7 | Matthew 26:56 |
| Accused by false witnesses | Psalm 35:11 | Matthew 26:60 |
| Silent to accusations | Isaiah 53:7 | Matthew 27:14 |
| Heal blind/deaf/lame/dumb | Isaiah 35:5-6; Isaiah 29:18 | Matthew 11:5 |
| Preached to the poor/brokenhearted/captives | Isaiah 61:1 | Matthew 11:5 |
| Came to bring a sword, not peace | Micah 7:6 | Matthew 10:34-35 |
| He bore our sickness | Isaiah 53:4 | Matthew 8:16-17 |
| Spat upon, smitten and scourged | Isaiah 50:6, 53:5 | Matthew 27:26, 30 |
| Smitten on the cheek | Micah 5:1 | Matthew 27:30 |
| Hated without a cause | Psalm 35:19 | Matthew 27:23 |
| The sacrificial lamb | Isaiah 53:5 | John 1:29 |
| Given for a covenant | Isaiah 42:6; Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Romans 11:27/Galatians 3:17, 4:24/Hebrews 8:6, 8, 10; 10:16, 29; 12:24; 13:20 |
| Would not strive or cry | Isaiah 42:2-3 | Mark 7:36 |
| People would hear not and see not | Isaiah 6:9-10 | Matthew 13:14-15 |
| People trust in traditions of men | Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:9 |
| People give God lip service | Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:8 |
| God delights in Him | Isaiah 42:1 | Matthew 3:17, 17:5 |
| Wounded for our sins | Isaiah 53:5 | John 6:51 |
| He bore the sins of many | Isaiah 53:10-12 | Mark 10:45 |
| Messiah not killed for Himself | Daniel 9:26 | Matthew 20:28 |
| Gentiles flock to Him | Isaiah 55:5, 60:3, 65:1; Malachi 1:11; II Samuel 22:44-45; Psalm 2:7-8 | Matthew 8:10 |
| Crucified with criminals | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:35 |
| His body was pierced | Zechariah 12:10; Ps. 22:16 | John 20:25, 27 |
| Thirsty during execution | Psalm 22:16 | John 19:28 |
| Given vinegar and gall for thirst | Psalm 69:21 | Matthew 27:34 |
| Soldiers gambled for his garment | Psalm 22:18 | Matthew 27:35 |
| People mocked, “He trusted in God, let Him deliver him!” | Psalm 22:7-8 | Matthew 27:43 |
| People sat there looking at Him | Psalm 22:17 | Matthew 27:36 |
| Cried, “My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?” | Psalm 22:1 | Matthew 27:46 |
| Darkness over the land | Amos 8:9 | Matthew 27:45 |
| No bones broken | Psalm 34:20, Numbers 9:12 | John 19:33-36 |
| Side pierced | Zechariah 12:10 | John 19:34 |
| Buried with the rich | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 27:57, 60 |
| Resurrected from the dead | Psalm 16:10-11; 49:15 | Mark 16:6 |
| Priest after the order of Melchizedek | Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 5:5-6; 6:20; 7:15-17 |
| Ascended to right hand of God | Psalm 68:18 | Luke 24:51 |
| LORD said unto Him, “Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool | Psalm 110:1 | Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36;, 16:19; Luke 20:42-43; Acts 2:34-35; Hebrews 1:13 |
| His coming glory | Malachi 3:2-3 | Luke 3:17 |