Genesis 3:15 — (15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Predicted: A child of the woman would one day crush the serpent's head, though wounded himself.

Galatians 4:4 — (4) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Fulfilled: Christians have read this as the first promise of a Redeemer since the early church.

Honest note: Scholars disagree on whether Genesis 3:15 was originally meant as a messianic prediction or simply explains the enmity between humans and snakes.

Genesis 12:3 — (3) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Predicted: Through Abraham's offspring, every nation on earth would be blessed.

Galatians 3:8 — (8) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Fulfilled as written.

Genesis 49:10 — (10) The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Predicted: Rulership would stay with the tribe of Judah until Shiloh (the sent one) comes.

Hebrews 7:14 — (14) For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Fulfilled as written.

Honest note: The meaning of 'Shiloh' is debated, but the verse was widely read messianically in ancient Judaism.

Deuteronomy 18:15 — (15) The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Predicted: God would raise up a prophet like Moses, and the people must listen to him.

Acts 3:22 — (22) For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

Fulfilled as written.

2 Samuel 7:12-13 — (12) And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. (13) He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Predicted: David's descendant would have his throne established forever.

Luke 1:32-33 — (32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: (33) And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 16:10 — (10) For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Predicted: God's Holy One would not be left in the grave to see decay.

Acts 2:31 — (31) He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 22:1 — (1) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Predicted: The sufferer would cry out, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'

Matthew 27:46 — (46) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 22:16 — (16) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Predicted: His hands and feet would be pierced — written centuries before crucifixion existed as a practice.

John 20:27 — (27) Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Fulfilled: Crucifixion was a Roman method, unknown in David's time (~1000 BC).

Psalm 22:18 — (18) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Predicted: Onlookers would divide his clothing and gamble for it.

John 19:24 — (24) They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 34:20 — (20) He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Predicted: Not one of his bones would be broken.

John 19:36 — (36) For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Fulfilled: Roman soldiers routinely broke victims' legs to hasten death; Jesus was already dead, so they didn't.

Psalm 41:9 — (9) Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Predicted: A close friend who shared his bread would turn against him.

John 13:18 — (18) I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 69:21 — (21) They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Predicted: In his thirst they would give him gall and vinegar to drink.

John 19:29 — (29) Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 110:1 — (1) The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Predicted: The Lord would sit at God's right hand until his enemies were subdued.

Acts 2:34-35 — (34) For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, (35) Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Fulfilled as written.

Psalm 118:22 — (22) The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

Predicted: The stone the builders rejected would become the cornerstone.

Matthew 21:42 — (42) Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 7:14 — (14) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Predicted: A virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel ('God with us').

Matthew 1:23 — (23) Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Fulfilled as written.

Honest note: The Hebrew word 'almah' can mean 'young woman' or 'virgin'; the Greek Septuagint renders it 'parthenos' (virgin), which Matthew follows. Scholars debate the original sense.

Isaiah 9:6 — (6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Predicted: A child would be born bearing divine titles, with the government on his shoulder.

Luke 2:11 — (11) For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 35:5-6 — (5) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. (6) Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Predicted: When Messiah comes, the blind will see, the deaf hear, the lame leap.

Matthew 11:5 — (5) The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 40:3 — (3) The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Predicted: A forerunner would cry in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord.'

John 1:23 — (23) He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 53:3 — (3) He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Predicted: He would be despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows.

John 1:11 — (11) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 53:5 — (5) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Predicted: He would be pierced for our rebellion and crushed for our guilt, bringing healing.

1 Peter 2:24 — (24) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 53:7 — (7) He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Predicted: Oppressed and afflicted, he would not open his mouth — like a lamb to slaughter.

Matthew 27:14 — (14) And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

Fulfilled as written.

Isaiah 53:9 — (9) And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Predicted: His grave would be assigned with the wicked, yet he would be with a rich man in death.

Matthew 27:59-60 — (59) And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (60) And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

Fulfilled: Joseph of Arimathaea, a wealthy follower, laid Jesus in his own new tomb.

Isaiah 53:12 — (12) Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Predicted: He would be counted among criminals, yet intercede for them.

Luke 22:37 — (37) For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Fulfilled as written.

Jeremiah 31:15 — (15) Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Predicted: A voice of weeping in Ramah — mothers mourning children who are no more.

Matthew 2:18 — (18) In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Fulfilled: Herod's slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem, ~4 BC.

Hosea 11:1 — (1) When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Predicted: God would call his son out of Egypt.

Matthew 2:15 — (15) And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Fulfilled: Joseph fled with Mary and Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod, then returned.

Honest note: Hosea 11:1 originally refers to Israel's exodus; Matthew applies it typologically to Jesus.

Micah 5:2 — (2) But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Predicted: Though Bethlehem is small, from it would come the ruler of Israel, from everlasting.

Matthew 2:1 — (1) Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Fulfilled as written.

Zechariah 9:9 — (9) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Predicted: Jerusalem's king would come lowly, riding on a donkey's colt.

Matthew 21:5 — (5) Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Fulfilled as written.

Zechariah 11:12 — (12) And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

Predicted: The shepherd would be valued at thirty pieces of silver — the price of a slave.

Matthew 26:15 — (15) And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Fulfilled as written.

Zechariah 12:10 — (10) And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Predicted: They would look upon the one they pierced and mourn as for an only son.

John 19:37 — (37) And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Fulfilled as written.

Zechariah 13:7 — (7) Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Predicted: When the shepherd is struck, the sheep will scatter.

Matthew 26:31 — (31) Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Fulfilled as written.

Malachi 3:1 — (1) Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

Predicted: A messenger would prepare the way before the Lord comes to his temple.

Mark 1:2 — (2) As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Fulfilled as written.