Question 6: What did the Bible foretell about the Messiah?

Question 0

Matthew 2:1

Answer 0

“After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, look! astrologers from the East came to Jerusalem.”

Question 1

Micah 5:2

Answer 1

“You, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, … from you will come out for me the one to be ruler in Israel.”

Question 2

Psalm 22:18

Answer 2

“They divide my garments among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing.”

Question 3

John 19:23, 24

Answer 3

“Now when the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the stake, they took his outer garments and divided them into four parts … But the inner garment was without a seam, being woven from top to bottom. So they said to one another: ‘Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots over it to decide whose it will be.’”

Question 4

Psalm 34:20

Answer 4

“He is guarding all his bones; not one of them has been broken.”

Question 5

John 19:33

Answer 5

“On coming to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they did not break his legs.”

Question 6

Isaiah 53:5

Answer 6

“He was pierced for our transgression.”

Question 7

John 19:35

Answer 7

“One of the soldiers jabbed his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.”

Question 8

Zechariah 11:12, 13

Answer 8

“They paid my wages, 30 pieces of silver.”

Question 9

Matthew 26:14, 15

Answer 9

“Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said: ‘What will you give me to betray him to you?’ They stipulated to him 30 silver pieces.”