Prophecies of Jesus Christ’s Mortal Ministry and Atonement

Jesus’s Forerunner

John precedes Jesus as “the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness” (Isa. 40:3).

Jesus’s Birth

Jesus is born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14).

“Unto us a child is born” (Isa. 9:6–7).

“He shall grow up . . . as a tender plant” (Isa. 53:2).

He is a descendent of Jesse (Isa. 11:1).

He is a descendent of David (Jer. 23:5; 33:15).

He comes forth from Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

Jesus’s Names

He is named “Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14).

He is named “Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6–7).

Jesus’s Childhood

He comes out of Egypt (Hosea 11:1).

He lives in Nazareth (see Matt. 2:23).

Jesus’s Disposition

“He had done no violence, neither was there any deceit in his mouth” (Isa. 53:9).

He is righteous (Jer. 23:5–6).

He is “a man of sorrows” (Isa. 53:3).

He is “acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3).

He serves as a loving shepherd (Gen. 49:24; Isa. 40:10–11; Ezek. 34:11–31).

He delights to do God’s will (Ps. 40:7–8).

He is full of understanding and power (Isa. 11:1–5).

He is a light out of darkness (Isa. 9:1–2).

He is a sure foundation and cornerstone (Isa. 28:16).

Jesus’s Ministry

He will “preach good tidings unto the meek” (Isa. 61:1).

His teachings are rejected (Isa. 6:9–10).

He dwells “beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations” (Isa. 9:1–2).

He has a zeal for God’s house (Ps. 69:9).

He prays for His adversaries (Ps. 109:4).

He is a priest after the order of Melchizedek (Ps. 110:1–4).

He is a priest upon His throne (Zech. 6:12–13).

He comes in the Lord’s name (Ps. 118:26).

“He shall not fail nor be discouraged” (Isa. 42:4).

He teaches with parables (Ps. 78:2; Matt. 13:35).

Jesus’s Compassion

“He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted” (Isa. 61:1).

He comforts “all that mourn” (Isa. 61:2).

Jesus’s Rejection by the People

People “hid [their] faces from him” (Isa. 53:3).

People “esteemed him not” (Isa. 53:3).

People “like sheep have gone astray” (Isa. 53:6).

He is a stumbling block and snare to Israel and Jerusalem’s inhabitants (Isa. 8:13–15).

He is rejected like a building stone that is rejected by builders (Ps. 118:21–22).

He is hated for no reason (Ps. 35:19).

He is hated without a cause (Ps. 69:4).

Jesus’s Triumphal Entry

He is a king who comes to Jerusalem, “lowly, and riding upon an ass” (Zech. 9:9).

Jesus’s Betrayal

He is betrayed by a familiar friend (Ps. 41:9).

He is betrayed for “thirty pieces of silver” (Zech. 11:12).

The thirty pieces of silver are cast to the potter (Zech. 11:13).

Jesus’s Trial

False witnesses rise up (Ps. 35:11).

He is silent before His accusers (Isa. 53:7).

He hides not His “face from shame and spitting” (Isa. 50:6).

Jesus’s Sufferings

His visage is marred (Isa. 52:14).

“He is despised and rejected” (Isa. 53:3).

“Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows” (Isa. 53:4).

“He was wounded” (Isa. 53:5).

He is “bruised” (Isa. 53:5).

He receives “stripes” (Isa. 53:5).

He gives His “back to the smiters” and His “cheeks to them that plucked off the hair” (Isa. 50:6).

He hides not His “face from shame and spitting” (Isa. 50:6).

“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted” (Isa. 53:7).

“He opened not his mouth” (Isa. 53:7).

He is “stricken” (Isa. 53:8).

He is smitten (Zech. 13:7; Matt. 26:31).

Jesus’s Atonement

“He has borne our griefs . . . carried our sorrows” (Isa. 53:4).

“He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities” (Isa. 53:5).

“The Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all” (Isa. 53:6).

“For the transgressions of [Isaiah’s] people was he stricken” (Isa. 53:8).

“He shall bear their iniquities” (Isa. 53:11).

“He bore the sins of many” (Isa. 53:12).

Jesus’s Crucifixion

“He was numbered with the transgressors” (Isa. 53:12).

He asks His Father, “Why hast thou forsaken me?” (Ps. 22:1).

People laugh at Him and scorn Him (Ps. 22:7, 8).

While on the cross He is thirsty (Ps. 22:15).

His hands and feet are pierced (Ps. 22:16).

Lots are cast for His vesture. (Ps. 22:18).

He says, “Into thine hand I commit my spirit” (Ps. 31:5).

None of His bones are broken (Ps. 34:20).

He is given gall and vinegar to drink (Ps. 69:20–21).

He is crucified with a “nail in a sure place” (Isa. 22:23).

He is pierced (Zech. 12:10).

The piercing causes wounds in His hands (Zech. 13:6).

Jesus’s Death

“He is brought . . . to the slaughter” (Isa. 53:7).

He is “cut off out of the land of the living” (Isa. 53:8).

 “He hath poured out his soul unto death” (Isa. 53:12).

Jesus’s Burial

“He made his grave with the wicked” (Isa. 53:9).

He is “with the rich in his death” (Isa. 53:9).

Jonah, who remained three days in the belly of a whale, is a type of Christ, who remains three days and nights in the tomb (Jonah 1:17).

Jesus’s Resurrection

He “stand[s] at the latter day upon the earth” (Job 19:25) as a resurrected being (cf. 1 Sam 2:6; Ezek. 37:12–13).

His body will not “see corruption” (Ps. 16:9–10).

“He will swallow up death in victory” (Isa. 25:8).

His “dead body” arises (Isa. 26:19).

He destroys graves at the Resurrection (Hosea 13:14).

He holds the keys of the Resurrection (Isa. 22:22).

Jesus’s Exaltation and Blessings

He sits at God’s right hand. (Ps. 110:1)

He is given dominion and glory. (Ps. 72:1–19)

He ascends to heaven. (Ps. 68:18)

He has an eternal throne and kingdom. (Ps. 45:6)

“He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.” (Isa. 52:13)

“He shall see his seed.” (Isa. 53:10)

“He shall prolong his days.” (Isa. 53:10)

“The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.” (Isa. 53:10)

“He . . . shall be satisfied.” (Isa. 53:11)

He has “a portion with the great.” (Isa. 53:12)

“He shall divide the spoil with the strong.” (Isa. 53:12)