1 The Messiah would be announced to his people 483 years, to the exact day, after the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem. Daniel 9:25 John 12:12-13
Daniel 9:25
"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to
restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and
threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous
times."
John 12:12-13
" 12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus
was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him,
and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 21:6-9,Mark 11:7-10, Luke 19:35-40, John 12:12-16
Notes
Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem occured 173,880 days (483 X the Hebrew 360 day year) after Artaxerxes' decree was given in 445 B.C. (as recorded in Nehemiah 2:1-20) to rebuild Jerusalem. This was the first time that Jesus allowed anyone to proclaim him as "King." Note, the Hebrew word for "week" is "shavua" and literally means "seven." Therefore, in Hebrew, the idea of 70 weeks is "seventy sevens." The meaning of the word "weeks" was used in reference to both days and years.
2 The Messiah's hands and feet would be pierced. Psalm 22:16c Matthew 27:38
Psalm 22:16c
"... they pierced my hands and my feet."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Matthew 27:38
"And they crucified him ..."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Mark 15:24, Luke 23:33, John 19:18, 20:25-27
3 The Jew's authority to administer capital punishment would be gone when the Messiah arrived. Genesis 49:10c John 18:31
Genesis 49:10c
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
Prophecy Fulfillment
John 18:31
"Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The
Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:"
4 The Messiah would be killed before the destruction of the temple. Daniel 9:26c Matthew 27:50-51
Daniel 9:26c
"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and
the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary..."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Matthew 27:50-51
" 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And,
behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent;"
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 23:37-38, 24:1-2, Luke 24:51-52
Notes
Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by the Roman general Titus in A.D. 70,
thirty-eight years after Jesus Christ was crucified. Jesus foretold of the destruction of the
temple as recorded in Matthew 24:1-2. Over one million Jews were killed during the
A.D. 70 invasion of Jerusalem.
5 The Messiah would be rejected. Isaiah 53:3b Matthew 27:21-23
Isaiah 53:3b
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we
hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Matthew 27:21-23
" 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of
the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them,
What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be
crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the
more, saying, Let him be crucified."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Mark 6:3, 15:9-15, Luke 23:18, John 1:11, 5:43, 7:5, 18:40, Acts 3:14-15
6 The Messiah would die for the sins of the world. Isaiah 53:8d 1 John 2:2
Isaiah 53:8d
"He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for
he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he
stricken."
Prophecy Fulfillment
John 2:2
"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
John 3:16, 10:11, 9:30, Acts 8:30-35, Romans 5:8, 6:9-10, Galations 1:3-4, 1 Peter 3:18, 1
John 4:10
7 The Messiah would be born of the "seed" of a woman. Genesis 3:15a Luke 1:34-35
Genesis 3:15a
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Luke 1:34-35
" 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And
the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 1:18-20, John 1:14, Galatians 4:4
8 The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Micah 5:2a Matthew 2:1-2
Micah 5:2a
"But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet
out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlasting."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Matthew 2:1-2
" 1 NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship
him."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 2:6, Luke 2:4-7, John 7:42
9 The Messiah would be sacrificed on the same mountain where God tested Abraham. Genesis 22:14 Luke 23:33
Genesis 22:14
"And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the
mount of the Lord it shall be seen."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Luke 23:33
"And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified
him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, John 19:17
10 The Messiah would be killed. Daniel 9:26a Matthew 27:35
Daniel 9:26a
"And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself..."
Prophecy Fulfillment
Matthew 27:35
"And they crucified him ..."
Additional Fulfillment Examples
Matthew 27:50, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:33, John 19:18