Bible Verses About Prophecies Respecting Christ

And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

`Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;

he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said--Son of God I am;'

with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,

and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' --and they were being stumbled at him.

and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.

and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with lawless ones he was numbered.'

and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled--

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

and she brought forth her son--the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,