Psalm 2:1, 2 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One.
New Testament Fulfilment
Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Matthew 26:3, 4 Then the chief priests and the elders… plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him.
Matthew 26:47 … Judas… arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
Isaiah 8:14 … and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.
New Testament Fulfilment
Romans 9:31-33 … Israel… stumbled over the “stumbling-stone.” As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:7, 8 … They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for
Upon his coming, the deaf hear, the blind see
Old Testament Reference:
Isaiah 29:18 In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 35:5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
New Testament Fulfilment
Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 “… I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers… I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts….”
He would be Passover sacrifice with no bone broken
Old Testament Reference:
Exodus 12:46 It must be eaten inside one house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
Numbers 9:12They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.
John 19:31-36… But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, theydid not break his legs….These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
Deuteronomy 21:23 … Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
New Testament Fulfilment
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
John 20:25-29… “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands… and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”… Then he said “… Reach out your hand and put it into my side.”…
He will be accused and afflicted, but did not open his mouth
Old Testament Reference:
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
New Testament Fulfilment
Matthew 27:12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.
Luke 23:9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.
Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Psalm 55:12-14 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.
New Testament Fulfilment
Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the Twelve… the one called Judas Iscariot… went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?”…
Matthew 26:23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.”
