Bible Verses About Prophecies Respecting Christ

because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.'

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written:

`The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'

And having folded the roll, having given it back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him.

And he began to say unto them--`To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

and he said unto them--`Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.'

saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me--;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee,

and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them.

saying--`The Lord was raised indeed, and was seen by Simon;'

and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;

to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew,

and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'