So many prophecies fullfilled in a few short days.
Here are a few of my favorites!
The betrayal of the Messiah by His own friend
Ps 41:9 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Mar 14:10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. (Also read verse 11)
The price paid for the betrayal
Zac 11:12 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Mat 26:14-15 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him? And they him thirty pieces of silver.
How the money of the betrayal would be used
Zac 11:13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.
Mat 27:3-10 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because they are the price of blood.” And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”
The division of His garments
Ps 22:18 They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.
John 19:24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:
“They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.
The Messiah would not open His mouth at His trial
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
Mat 27:13-14 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” But He answered him not one word so that the governor marveled greatly.
Messiah’s broken heart
Ps 22:14 I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted within Me.
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
(Blood and water here represent a “broken heart”)
His side was pierced
Zac 12:10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
The scorning and hatred of the crowd
Ps 22:7-8 All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
“He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him since He delights in Him!”
Mat 27:41-43 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
The Messiah as the intercessor of sinners
Isa 53:12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.
The lonely cry of the Messiah and intense time of His suffering
Ps 22:1 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
The disfigurement caused by the brutality of the soldiers
Isa 52:14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
John 19:5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”
John 19:14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
The Passover Lamb without any broken bones
Exodus 12:46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.
Ps 22:17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.
John 19:33, 36 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs… For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.”
