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The
complete story of Jesus' life in minute detail is
plainly foretold in the Old Testament Scriptures.
Evidence of the existence of a mind that transcends
the human mind to a degree that is
awesome
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Prophecies
of the Messiah Fulfilled in the Lord
Jesus
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Prophetic
Scripture
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Subject
of the Prophecy
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Fulfilled!
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Gen
3.15a [God said...] I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and between your seed
and her Seed.
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Born
of the seed of a woman
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Gal
4.4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God
sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the
law,
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Gen
12.3b [God told Abraham...] In you all the
families of the earth shall be
blessed.
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Born
of the seed of Abraham
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Mt
1.1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the
Son of David, the Son of Abraham
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Gen
17.19 [God told Abraham...] Sarah your wife
shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name
Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his descendants
after him.
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Born
of the seed of Isaac
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Mt
1.2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and
Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
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Num
24.17b A Star shall come out of Jacob. A Scepter
shall rise out of Israel...
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Born
of the seed of Jacob
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Mt
1.2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and
Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
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Gen
49.10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor
a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh
[a name for the Messiah] comes; and to Him
shall be the obedience of the
people.
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Descended
from the tribe of Judah
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Luke
3.33 [Jesus is descended from...] the son
of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron,
the son of Perez, the son of Judah
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Isa
9.7 Of the increase of His [the Messiah's]
government and peace there will be no end, upon the
throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it
and establish it with judgment and justice From
that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the
LORD of hosts will perform this.
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Heir
to the throne of David
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Luke
1.32-33 He [Lord Jesus] will be great, and
will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord
God will give Him the throne of His father David.
And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of His kingdom there will be no
end.
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Neh
2.1a And it came to pass in the month of Nisan
[Mar-Apr], in the twentieth year of
King Artaxerxes
Dan
9.2b God would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem.
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Gen
7.11a In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of the
month
Gen
8.3b At the end of the 150 days the waters
decreased.
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Gen
8.4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the
seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of
Ararat.
Dan
9.25c there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two
weeks
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Isa
7.14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a
sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a
Son, and shall call His name
Immanuel.
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Born
of a virgin
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Luke
1.26-27, 1.30-31 Now in the sixth month the angel
Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named
Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name
was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's
name was Mary. ...Then the angel said to her, "Do
not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with
God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and
bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS."
[See also Mt 1.18-25]
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Mic
5.2 [God said...] But you, Bethlehem
Ephrathah, though you are little among the
thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth
to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings
forth are from of old, from
everlasting.
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Born
in Bethlehem
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Luke
2.4-5, 2.7a Joseph also went up from Galilee, out
of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of
the house and lineage of David, to be registered
with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
...And she brought forth her firstborn
Son
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Jer
31.15 Thus says the LORD. "A voice was heard in
Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel
[the matriarch of the Jewish race] weeping
for her children, refusing to be comforted for her
children, because they are no more."
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King
Herod's slaughter of all boy babies in Bethlehem,
in an attempt to kill the new-born
Messiah.
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Mt
2.16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived
by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent
forth and put to death all the male children who
were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from
two years old and under, according to the time
which he had determined from the wise
men.
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Hos
11.1 [God said...] "When Israel was a
child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My
son."
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Flight
to Egypt
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Mt
2.14-16 When he [Joseph] arose, he took the
young Child [Jesus] and His mother
[Mary] by night and departed for Egypt, and
was there until the death of Herod, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through
the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My
Son."
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Isa
40.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness.
"Prepare the way of the LORD. Make straight in the
desert a highway for our God."
Mal 3.1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will
prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you
seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the
Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming," says the LORD of
hosts.
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The
beginning of His ministry is announced by a
forerunner
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[Jesus
spoke to the multitudes concerning John the
Baptist...] What did you go out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But
what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft
garments? Indeed those who are gorgeously appareled
and live in luxury are in kings' courts. But what
did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to
you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it
is written. "Behold, I send My messenger before
Your face, who will prepare Your way before You."
Lk 7.24-27
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I
will declare the decree. The LORD has said to Me,
"You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of
Me, and I will give You The nations for Your
inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your
possession." Psalm 2.7-8
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Declared
to be the Son of God
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When
He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately
from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened
to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending
like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a
voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved
Son, in whom I am well pleased." Mt
3.16-17
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Nevertheless
the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
as when at first He lightly esteemed the land of
Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward
more heavily oppressed her, by the way of the sea,
beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the Gentiles. The
people who walked in darkness have seen a great
light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of
death, upon them a light has shined. Isa
9.1-2
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Galilean
ministry
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And
leaving Nazareth, Jesus came and dwelt in
Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of
Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying.
"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of
the Gentiles. The people who sat in darkness have
seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the
region and shadow of death light has dawned." Mt
4.13-16
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[Moses
said...] The LORD your God will raise up for
you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your
brethren. Him you shall hear Deu
18.15
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The
prophet to come
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Philip
found Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found Him
of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets,
wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." John
1.45
Moses truly said to the fathers, "The LORD your God
will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your
brethren. Him you shall hear in all things,
whatever He says to you." Acts 3.22
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The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD
has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim
the acceptable year of the LORD Isa
61.1-2a
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Came
to heal the brokenhearted
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[Jesus
said...] The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to
the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are
oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the
LORD. Lk 4.18-19
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He
is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were,
our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not
esteem Him. Isa 53.3
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Rejected
by His own [the Jewish
people]
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He
came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
John 1.11
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The
LORD has sworn and will not relent, "You are a
priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek." Psalm 110.4
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A
priest after the order of
Melchizedek
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So
also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High
Priest, but it was He [the Father] who said
to Him [Jesus, the Son], "You are My Son.
Today I have begotten You." As He also says in
another place. "You are a priest forever According
to the order of Melchizedek." Heb
5.5-6
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Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you. He
is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a
donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zech
9.9
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Triumphal
entry into Jerusalem
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The
disciples brought the donkey and the colt, laid
their clothes on them, and set Jesus on them. And a
very great multitude spread their clothes on the
road; others cut down branches from the trees and
spread them on the road. Then the multitudes who
went before and those who followed cried out,
saying. "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He
who comes in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the
highest!" Mt 21.7-9
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Part
II
Prophecies of the Messiah Fulfilled in the Lord
Jesus
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Prophetic
Scripture
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Subject
of the Prophecy
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Fulfilled!
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Even
a man, My friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of My
bread, has lifted up his heel against Me. Psalm
41.9
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Betrayed
by a friend
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And
as He [Jesus] was yet speaking, behold a
crowd! And he who was called Judas, one of the
Twelve, went before them. And he drew near Jesus to
kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you
betray the Son of man with a kiss?"
Luke 22.47-48
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And
I said to them, "If it is good, give My price; and
if not, let it go."
So they weighed My price -- thirty pieces of
silver.
Zech 11.12
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Sold
for 30 pieces of silver
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And
he [Judas Iscariot] said to them, What will
you give me, and I will betray Him to you? And they
appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. Mt
26.15
And he [Judas Iscariot] threw the pieces of
silver down in the temple and departed. And he went
and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the
silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put
them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood. Mt 27.5-6
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Cruel
witnesses rose up. They asked of Me that which I
never knew.
Psalm 35.11
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Accused
by false witnesses
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Then
some rose up and bore false witness against Him,
saying, "We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this
temple made with hands, and within three days I
will build another made without hands.'" But not
even then did their testimony agree. Mk
14.57-59
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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. Isa
53.7
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Silent
to accusations
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Then
Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Do You answer
nothing? See how many things they testify against
You!" But Jesus still answered nothing, so that
Pilate marveled. Mk 15.4-5
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I
gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks
to those who plucked out the beard. I did not hide
My face from shame and spitting. Isa
50.6
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Spat
upon and smitten
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Then
they spat in His face and beat Him; and others
struck Him with the palms of their hands, saying,
"Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck
You?"
Mt 26.67-68
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Let
them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my
enemies; Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me
without a cause. Psalm 35.19
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Hated
without reason
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[Jesus
said...] If I had not done among them the works
which no one else did, they would have no sin; but
now they have seen and also hated both Me and My
Father. But this happened that the word might be
fulfilled which is written in their law, "They
hated Me without a cause." John
15.24-25
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He
was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised
for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace
was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are
healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned,
each one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on
Him the iniquity of us all. Isa
53.5-6
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Died
because of our sins. Did so in order to save
us.
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But
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Rom 5.8-9
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Therefore
I will divide to Him with the great, and He shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because He has
poured out His soul to death; and He was counted
among the transgressors; and He bore the sin of
many, and made intercession for transgressors. Isa
53.12
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Crucified
with transgressors
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With
Him [Jesus] they also crucified two
robbers, one on His right and the other on His
left. So the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"And He was numbered with the transgressors." Mk
15.27-28
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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. Zech 12.10
For dogs have surrounded Me. The congregation of
the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands
and My feet.
Psalm 22.16
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Hands
and body pierced
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Jesus
said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look
at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it
into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but
believing."
And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and
my God!" John 20.27-28
One of the soldiers pierced His side with a lance,
and instantly there came out blood and water. John
19.34
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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!" Psalm
22.7-8
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Scorned
and mocked
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And
the people stood looking on. But even the rulers
with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let
Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of
God."
The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering
Him sour wine, and saying, "If You are the King of
the Jews, save Yourself." Luke
23.35-37
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They
also gave Me gall for My food, and for My thirst
they gave Me vinegar to drink. Psalm
69.21
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Given
vinegar and gall
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They
gave Jesus sour wine mingled with gall to drink.
But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. Mt
27.34
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In
return for My love they are My accusers, but I give
Myself to prayer.
Psalm 109.4
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Prayed
for His enemies
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Then
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not
know what they do." And they divided His garments
and cast lots.
Luke 23.34
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They
divide My garments among them and cast lots for My
clothing.
Psalm 22.18
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Soldiers
gambled for His coat
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Then
they crucified Him, and divided His garments,
casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet. "They divided My garments
among them, and for My clothing they cast lots." Mt
27.35
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He
keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Psalm 34.20
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No
bones broken
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Then
the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first,
and of the other who was crucified with Him. But
when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already
dead, they did not break His legs. John
19.32-33
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And
He put His grave with the wicked, and with a rich
one in His death; although He had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Isa 53.9
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Buried
with the rich
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When
the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathea,
named Joseph, came, who also himself was Jesus'
disciple. He went to Pilate and begged the body of
Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be
delivered.
When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in
clean linen, and laid it in his new tomb, which he
had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great
stone to the door of the tomb and departed.
Mt 27.57-60
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For
You will not leave My soul in hell; You will not
allow Your Holy One to see corruption. Psalm
16.10
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of the
grave; for He will take me. Selah. Psalm
49.15
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Would
rise from the dead
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And
he [an angel] said to them, "Do not be
frightened. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified. He is risen, He is not here. Behold the
place where they laid Him. But go tell His
disciples and Peter that He goes before you into
Galilee. There you will see Him, as He said to
you." Mk 16.6-7
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You
have ascended on high. You have led captivity
captive. You have received gifts among men, even
from the rebellious, that the LORD God might dwell
there. Psalm 68.18
The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,
till I make Your enemies Your footstool." Psalm
110.1
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Would
ascend to God's right hand
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So
then, after the Lord [Jesus] had spoken to
them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God. Mk 16.19
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