Picturing Theology, Revised Edition

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NT Citation

OT Reference

Indication of the Fulfillment of the Messianic Prophecy

44

Luke 1:79

Isaiah 9:1-2

Messiah will give light to those who dwell in darkness

45

Luke 2:32

Isaiah 42:6; 49:6

Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles

John is Isaiah’s voice that cries in the wilderness to prepare the Lord’s way Jesus is Yahweh’s servant, anointed by his Spirit to bring the good news of the Kingdom

46

Luke 3:4-5

Isaiah 40:3

47

Luke 4:18-19

Isaiah 61:1-2

Jesus confirms John’s identity as the preparer of the Lord’s way

48

Luke 7:27

Malachi 3:1

49

Luke 8:10

Isaiah 6:9

The dullness of the audience to Messiah Jesus

Jesus fulfills in his entry into Jerusalem the Messianic prophecy of the King of Israel

50

Luke 19:38

Psalm 118:26

Jesus is Yahweh’s stone which the builders rejected, which has become the Capstone

51

Luke 20:17

Psalm 118:26

David calls his lord the Messiah and Lord, who is enthroned in Zion by Yahweh

52 Luke 20:42-43

Psalm 110:1

53

Luke 22:37

Isaiah 53:12

Messiah is classed among criminals

Jesus will return from the right hand of God, from where he has been enthroned

54

Luke 22:69

Psalm 110:1

55

Luke 23:34

Psalm 22:18

Lots are cast for the garments of Messiah

John’s preaching is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy about the forerunner of the Messiah

56

John 1:23

Isaiah 40:3

57

John 2:17

Psalm 69:17

Zeal for the house of the Lord will consume the Messiah

58

John 6:45

Isaiah 54:13

All those whom God teaches will come to Messiah

Psalm 89:4; Micah 5:2

59

John 7:42

Messiah, the seed of David, will be from Bethlehem

60

John 12:13

Psalm 118:25-26

Hosannas are given to Israel’s triumphant Messiah King

61

John 12:15

Zechariah 9:9 The King of Israel enters Jerusalem upon the foal of a donkey

As Isaiah prophesied, few believed the report of Yahweh about his anointed one

62

John 12:38

Isaiah 53:1

Isaiah saw the glory of Messiah and spoke of the dullness of his audience to him

63

John 12:40

Isaiah 6:10

John 13:18; cf. 17:12

64

Psalm 41:9

Betrayal of Messiah by one of his intimate followers

65

John 15:25

Psalms 35:19; 69:4

Messiah will be hated without cause