40 Bible Verses about Scriptures Fulfilled

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"

But all of this has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Jesus and ran away.

Day after day I was with you in the Temple teaching, yet you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,

"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the voice of David about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus,

Because I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: "He was counted among the criminals.' Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled."

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them,

because I tell all of you with certainty that until heaven and earth disappear, not one letter or one stroke of a letter will disappear from the Law until everything has been accomplished.

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."

But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.'

While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

So they told each other, "Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture that says, "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they threw dice." So that is what the soldiers did.

After this, when Jesus realized that everything was now completed, he said (in order to fulfill the Scripture), "I'm thirsty."

because these things happened so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "None of his bones will be broken."

Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said,

He stayed there until Herod's death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

Then what was declared by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,

and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

in order to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, "They took the 30 pieces of silver, the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "It was he who took our illnesses away and removed our diseases."

so that what the prophet Isaiah spoke might be fulfilled when he said: "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the Lord's power been revealed?"

He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

This is how God fulfilled what he had predicted through the voice of all the prophets that his Messiah would suffer.

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders, not knowing who Jesus was, condemned him and so fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.

"With them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says: "You will listen and listen but never understand. You will look and look but never comprehend,

At first, his disciples didn't understand these things. However, when Jesus had been glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that people had done these things to him.

When they had finished doing everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.

Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"

And so the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." And so he was called God's friend.

Do not owe anyone anything except to love one another. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

Love never does anything that is harmful to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law.

so that the righteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to human nature but according to the Spirit.