Foretold
Ninety Old Testament texts that the New Testament applies to Jesus. Promises, foreshadowings and words fulfilled in him. For each text: what it said then, how the New Testament sees it fulfilled, and a short explanation.
Promise. A direct promise about a coming saviour or king.
Foreshadowing. A person or event that, looking back, points ahead, like the Passover lamb.
Fulfilled word. A text that was first about something or someone else, and which the New Testament sees fulfilled in Jesus.
A. Who he would be: lineage and titles
- 1The offspring of the womanGenesis 3:15 → Galatians 4:4 · Promise
- 2Blessing for all nations through AbrahamGenesis 22:18 → Galatians 3:16 · Promise
- 3The sceptre of JudahGenesis 49:10 → Revelation 5:5 · Promise
- 4The star out of JacobNumbers 24:17 → Matthew 2:2 · Promise
- 5A prophet like MosesDeuteronomy 18:15 → Acts 3:22 · Promise
- 6The everlasting throne of David2 Samuel 7:16 → Luke 1:32-33 · Promise
- 7A shoot from the stump of JesseIsaiah 11:1-2 → Romans 15:12 · Promise
- 8The righteous BranchJeremiah 23:5-6 → Luke 1:78 · Promise
- 9You are my SonPsalm 2:7 → Mark 1:11 · Fulfilled word
- 10My Lord at the right hand, a priest like MelchizedekPsalm 110:1 → Matthew 22:44 · Promise
- 11Your throne, O God, is foreverPsalm 45:6 → Hebrews 1:8 · Fulfilled word
- 12Wisdom who was with GodProverbs 8:22-23 → John 1:1 · Fulfilled word
B. How he would come: birth and childhood
- 13The virgin will conceive: ImmanuelIsaiah 7:14 → Matthew 1:23 · Promise
- 14To us a child is bornIsaiah 9:6 → Luke 2:11 · Promise
- 15Born in BethlehemMicah 5:2 → Matthew 2:1 · Promise
- 16Kings bring giftsPsalm 72:11 → Matthew 2:11 · Fulfilled word
- 17Rachel weeping for her childrenJeremiah 31:15 → Matthew 2:17 · Fulfilled word
- 18Called out of EgyptHosea 11:1 → Matthew 2:15 · Foreshadowing
- 19The forerunner: a voice in the wildernessIsaiah 40:3 → Matthew 3:3 · Promise
- 20The sun of righteousnessMalachi 4:2 → Luke 1:79 · Promise
- 21He comes while the temple still standsMalachi 3:1 → Luke 2:27 · Promise
C. What he would do: his ministry
- 22A light in GalileeIsaiah 9:2 → Matthew 4:16 · Promise
- 23The Spirit of the Lord is upon meIsaiah 61:1 → Luke 4:21 · Promise
- 24The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame leapIsaiah 35:5-6 → Matthew 11:5 · Promise
- 25The servant who will not break a bruised reedIsaiah 42:3 → Matthew 12:15 · Promise
- 26He took up our infirmitiesIsaiah 53:4 → 1 Peter 2:24 · Promise
- 27Speaking in parablesPsalm 78:2 → Matthew 13:34 · Fulfilled word
- 28Hearing but not understandingIsaiah 6:9 → John 12:37 · Fulfilled word
- 29Zeal for your housePsalm 69:9 → John 2:17 · Fulfilled word
- 30A house of prayer, not a den of robbersIsaiah 56:7 → Matthew 21:13 · Fulfilled word
- 31The king on a donkeyZechariah 9:9 → Mark 11:7 · Promise
- 32The rejected stone becomes the cornerstonePsalm 118:22 → Acts 4:11 · Fulfilled word
- 33The stone cut out by no human handDaniel 2:34 → Luke 20:18 · Promise
- 34Praise from the mouths of childrenPsalm 8:2 → Matthew 21:16 · Fulfilled word
D. What he would suffer: betrayal, trial and cross
- 35Betrayed by a friendPsalm 41:9 → John 13:18 · Fulfilled word
- 36Thirty pieces of silverZechariah 11:12 → Matthew 26:15 · Promise
- 37Let another take his officePsalm 109:8 → Acts 1:26 · Fulfilled word
- 38Strike the shepherdZechariah 13:7 → Matthew 26:56 · Promise
- 39Struck and spat upon, and he was silentIsaiah 50:6 → Matthew 26:67 · Promise
- 40The suffering servantIsaiah 53:5 → Acts 8:35 · Promise
- 41My God, why have you forsaken me?Psalm 22:1 → Mark 15:34 · Fulfilled word
- 42Vinegar for his thirstPsalm 69:21 → John 19:29 · Fulfilled word
- 43Hated without a causePsalm 69:4 → John 15:25 · Fulfilled word
- 44Into your hands I commit my spiritPsalm 31:5 → Luke 23:46 · Fulfilled word
- 45Not a bone brokenExodus 12:46 → John 19:36 · Foreshadowing
- 46Cursed is everyone who hangs on a treeDeuteronomy 21:23 → Galatians 3:13 · Fulfilled word
- 47They will look on the one they piercedZechariah 12:10 → John 19:37 · Promise
- 48Daniel's seventy weeksDaniel 9:26 → Galatians 4:4 · Promise
E. Foreshadowings of the sacrifice
- 49Abraham and Isaac on Mount MoriahGenesis 22:8 → Romans 8:32 · Foreshadowing
- 50The Passover lambExodus 12:13 → 1 Corinthians 5:7 · Foreshadowing
- 51The Day of AtonementLeviticus 16:30 → Hebrews 9:12 · Foreshadowing
- 52The bronze serpentNumbers 21:9 → John 3:14 · Foreshadowing
- 53Jonah three days in the fishJonah 1:17 → Matthew 12:40 · Foreshadowing
- 54Sacrifices God did not want, a body he preparedPsalm 40:6-7 → Hebrews 10:5 · Fulfilled word
F. What would follow: resurrection, ascension, Spirit
- 55Not abandoned to the gravePsalm 16:10 → Acts 2:31 · Promise
- 56On the third dayHosea 6:2 → 1 Corinthians 15:4 · Foreshadowing
- 57Death swallowed upIsaiah 25:8 → 1 Corinthians 15:54 · Promise
- 58Ascended on highPsalm 68:18 → Ephesians 4:8 · Fulfilled word
- 59Everything under his feetPsalm 8:6 → Ephesians 1:22 · Fulfilled word
- 60The Son of Man on the cloudsDaniel 7:13 → Mark 14:62 · Promise
- 61His feet on the Mount of OlivesZechariah 14:4 → Acts 1:11 · Promise
- 62The outpouring of the SpiritJoel 2:28 → Acts 2:4 · Promise
- 63The new covenantJeremiah 31:31 → Luke 22:20 · Promise
- 64The good shepherdEzekiel 34:23 → John 10:11 · Promise
- 65A light for the nationsIsaiah 49:6 → Luke 2:32 · Promise
- 66David's fallen tent restoredAmos 9:11 → Acts 15:14 · Fulfilled word
- 67The Deliverer from ZionIsaiah 59:20 → Romans 11:26 · Promise
- 68Who is this coming from Edom?Isaiah 63:3 → Revelation 19:13 · Fulfilled word
- 69Peace to those far and nearIsaiah 57:19 → Ephesians 2:17 · Fulfilled word
- 70The word is near youDeuteronomy 30:14 → Romans 10:8 · Fulfilled word
- 71He who is coming will comeHabakkuk 2:3 → Hebrews 10:37 · Promise
G. Texts about God himself, applied to Jesus
- 72Every knee shall bowIsaiah 45:23 → Philippians 2:10 · Fulfilled word
- 73Everyone who calls on the name of the LordJoel 2:32 → Romans 10:13 · Fulfilled word
- 74You laid the foundation of the earthPsalm 102:25 → Hebrews 1:10 · Fulfilled word
- 75Let all God's angels worship himPsalm 97:7 → Hebrews 1:6 · Fulfilled word
- 76Set apart the Lord as holyIsaiah 8:13 → 1 Peter 3:15 · Fulfilled word
- 77The first and the lastIsaiah 44:6 → Revelation 1:17 · Fulfilled word
- 78Let the one who boasts boast in the LordJeremiah 9:24 → 1 Corinthians 1:31 · Fulfilled word
- 79The day of the LORD becomes the day of ChristJoel 2:31 → 1 Thessalonians 5:2 · Fulfilled word
H. People and patterns that point ahead
- 80The first and the last AdamGenesis 2:7 → 1 Corinthians 15:45 · Foreshadowing
- 81Melchizedek, priest and kingGenesis 14:18 → Hebrews 6:20 · Foreshadowing
- 82Noah's arkGenesis 7:1 → 1 Peter 3:20 · Foreshadowing
- 83Jacob's ladderGenesis 28:12 → John 1:51 · Foreshadowing
- 84The mannaExodus 16:15 → John 6:35 · Foreshadowing
- 85Water from the rockExodus 17:6 → 1 Corinthians 10:4 · Foreshadowing
- 86The tabernacle: God dwelling with his peopleExodus 25:8 → John 1:14 · Foreshadowing
- 87Joshua: the same nameJoshua 1:9 → Matthew 1:21 · Foreshadowing
- 88The firstbornExodus 13:2 → Luke 2:23 · Foreshadowing
- 89The key of DavidIsaiah 22:22 → Revelation 3:7 · Foreshadowing
- 90Husband and wife: a great mysteryGenesis 2:24 → Ephesians 5:32 · Foreshadowing