The scriptures were not merely suggestions of what might occur; they were the “sure word of prophecy.” From the moment He sat upon the donkey until the stone was rolled away, every action was a deliberate fulfillment of the Father’s decree. Here is a list of just 25 of those fulfilled in his final week.
- Zechariah 9:9 – Entering Jerusalem on a donkey.
- Matthew 21:7 – And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
- Psalm 118:26 – Arriving to shouts of “Hosanna” and “Blessed is he that cometh.”
- Matthew 21:9 – And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
- Psalm 69:9 – Zeal for the Father’s house (Cleansing the Temple).
- John 2:17 – And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
- Isaiah 56:7 / Jeremiah 7:11 – The Temple as a house of prayer and a “den of thieves.”
- Luke 19:46 – Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Psalm 41:9 – Betrayal by a familiar friend.
- Luke 22:47 – And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
- Zechariah 11:12 – Betrayed for thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 26:15 – And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Zechariah 11:13 – The money thrown into the house of the Lord and given for the potter’s field.
- Matthew 27:7 – And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
- Zechariah 13:7 – The Shepherd smitten and the sheep scattered.
- Mark 14:50 – And they all forsook him, and fled.
- Isaiah 53:7 – Remaining silent before His accusers.
- Matthew 27:12 – And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- Isaiah 50:6 – Smitten on the face and spat upon.
- Matthew 26:67 – Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands.
- Psalm 35:11 – Accused by false witnesses.
- Mark 14:56 – For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
- Isaiah 53:5 – Wounded and bruised for our transgressions.
- 1 Peter 2:24 – Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- Isaiah 53:12 – Numbered with the transgressors (crucified between thieves).
- Mark 15:27 – And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
- Psalm 22:16 – Piercing of hands and feet.
- John 20:25 – The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
- Psalm 22:7-8 – Mocked and laughed at by onlookers.
- Matthew 27:39 – And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads.
- Psalm 22:18 – Soldiers casting lots for His garments.
- John 19:24 – They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
- Psalm 69:21 – Given gall and vinegar to drink.
- John 19:29 – Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
- Psalm 22:1 – Crying out “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
- Matthew 27:46 – And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Psalm 31:5 – Committing His spirit into the hand of God.
- Luke 23:46 – And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
- Psalm 34:20 – Not one of His bones broken.
- John 19:33 – But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs.
- Zechariah 12:10 – The piercing of His side.
- John 19:34 – But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
- Isaiah 53:9 – Buried in a rich man’s tomb.
- Matthew 27:57-60 – When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus… And laid it in his own new tomb.
- Psalm 16:10 – The body not seeing corruption.
- Acts 2:31 – He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
- Psalm 16:11 / Psalm 110:1 – The Resurrection and Exaltation.
- Hebrews 1:3 – Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Hosea 6:2 – Raised on the third day.
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 – And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.