Prophecies fulfilled by Jesus (#7)

22. That he would be a man of sorrows.

OT, Isiah 53:3 – (see #16)

NT, Matthew 26:38 – Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.  Stay here and keep watch with me.”

23.  That he would be forsaken by his disciples.

OT, Zechariah 13:7 – “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!”  declares the Lord Almighty.  “Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.”

24.     That he would be scourged and spat upon.

OT, Isiah 50:6 – I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.

NT, Matthew 26:67 – Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.  Others slapped him and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ.  Who hit you?”

25.  That his price would be used to buy a potter’s field.

OT, Zechariah 11:13 – And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter.” –  The handsome price at which they priced me!  So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

NT, Matthew 27:9 – Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”