Prophecies About Jesus that Came True
By Joyce Webb 2024
Prophecy #13
Jesus told his disciples that he would be “lifted up” —to die.
John 3:14., John 8:28, John 12:32, John 12:34
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Prophecy #14
His bones would not be broken.
In the Passover meal—-when preparing the lamb to roast (cook)
—they were not to break a bone of the animal.
Exodus 12:46 “….neither shall ye break a bone thereof.”
Numbers 9:12 “…nor break any bone of it.”
Psalms 34:20 “He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.”
When Jesus was on the cross. The soldiers came to him.
It was a custom to break the legs of men on the cross to make them die faster.)
John 19: 33 “But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs.”
Vs. 36 “For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, ‘A bone of him shall not be broken.’”
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Prophecy #15
They would hit Jesus on the cheek.
Micah 5:1 “they shall smite (hit) the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.”
The next verse—Micah 5:2 tells that the ruler of Israel will come out of Bethlehem.
Isaiah 50:6 “I gave my back to the smitters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
Matthew 27:30 “And they spit upon him, and took a reed, and smote (hit) him on the head.”
Matthew 26:67 “ Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted (hit)
him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands.”
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Prophecy #16
They will pierce (cut, put a hole in his flesh).
Zechariah 12:10 “……and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced….”
Matthew 27:35 “And they crucified him…..”
John 20:25-29 “……..Except I shall see his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side…….”
John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side…”
John 20:27 “The saith he (Jesus) to Thomas—-Reach hither (here)
Thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither they hand, and thrust it into my side;…..”
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Prophecy #17
They would divide up his clothing.
Psalms 22:18 “They part my garments (clothes) among them, and cast lots upon my vesture (outer robe).”
John 19:23-24 “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part;
And also his coat; now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. (It was woven as one whole piece. Not pieces sewn together.)
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend (tear it into pieces)—-but cast lots (flip a coin), 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.’ “.
See also, Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34
Prophecy #18
They gave him “gall” and vinegar when he was thirsty. (Gall was something from a plant—sour, bitter, and it was mixed with wine.)
Psalms 69:20-22 “They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst…..”
Matthew 27:34 “They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.”
See also Matthew 27:48. Mark 15:23, and 15:36, Luke 23:36,
John 19:29
Prophecy #19
Jesus would be betrayed by a friend.
Psalms 41:9 “…my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”
Matthew 26:23 Jesus said—”And he answered and said, He that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.”
See also, Matthew 26:14-16. Matthew 26:47, 50. Luke 22:19-23, and 48, John 13:18-30, and 18:2-5