Jesus as the Messiah
The Old Testament predicts the figure of the Messiah in great detail. Jesus claimed to be this Messiah, he fulfilled all the predictions in the Old Testament, and his disciples and Apostles filled the world at their time with the news that He was the true Messiah. Some of the major things predicted are that he would:
| Prediction | Predicted | Fulfilled |
| be born of a virgin | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:18,24,25 |
| as a descendent of Abraham | Genesis 22:18 | Matthew 1:1 |
| through Isaac | Genesis 21:12 | Matthew 1:2 |
| and Jacob | Numbers 24:17 |
Matthew 1:2 |
| of the tribe of Judah | Genesis 49:10 | Matthew 1:2 |
| of the family of David | Jeremiah 23:5 | Matthew 1:1 |
| be born at Bethlehem | Micah 5:2 | Matthew 2:1 |
| be called Immanuel ("God with us") | Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23 |
| be a prophet | Deuteronomy 18:18 | Matthew 21:11 |
| be a priest | Psalms 110:4 | Hebrews 5:5,6 |
| be a judge | Isaiah 33:22 | John 5:30 |
| be a king | Jeremiah 23:5 | Matthew 27:37 |
| be preceded by a messenger | Isaiah 40:3 | John 1:23 |
| be smitten and spit upon | Isaiah 50:6 | Matthew 26:67 |
| be killed with thieves | Isaiah 53:12 | Matthew 27:38 |
| be buried in a rich man's tomb | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 27:57-60 |
| rise from the dead | Psalm 16:10 | Matthew 28:6; Acts 2:31 |