HE WAS DESPISED AND
REJECTED BY MEN.
Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected
by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom
men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
700 B.C.E.
(See the Crucifixion narratives in all four Gospels in the B'rit
Chadasha.)
HE WAS HATED WITHOUT
CAUSE.
Psalm 69:4 Those who hate me without
reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not
steal.
1000 B.C.E.
Isaiah 49:7 This is what the LORD says--
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel-- to him who was despised and abhorred
by the nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you and rise up,
princes will see and bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the
Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."
700 B.C.E.
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| John 7:48-49 "Has
any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? [49] No! But
this mob that knows nothing of the law--there is a curse on them."
John 15:24-25 [24] If I had not
done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But
now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my
Father. [25] But this is to fulfill what is written in their
Law: `They hated me without reason.' |
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HE WAS CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE.
Daniel 9:25-26a [25] "Know therefore
and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore
and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven
weeks [i.e., seven-year periods] and sixty-two
weeks [total = 69 'weeks of years', i.e., 483 years];
the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times.
[26a] "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off,
but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary. 538
B.C.E.
HE HAD TO COME
BEFORE
THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE SECOND TEMPLE IN 70 C.E.
Daniel 9:25-26a [NKJV] [25] "Know
therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore
and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks
and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, even
in troublesome times. [26a] "And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut
off, but not for Himself; and
the people of the prince who is to come shall
destroy the city and the
sanctuary.
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King Artaxeres Longimanus
of Persia issued the decree to rebuild the temple on March 15, 445
B.C.E.
Prophecy years contain
360 days.
483 years of 360 days puts
the cut-off date in April 30 C.E. -- "Palm Sunday" -- the day
Yeshua of Nazareth in
Galilee entered
Jerusalem and was rejected
-- cut off -- by
the religious leaders.
Roman General Titus became
a prince when his father, General Vepasian, became Emperor of
Rome.
Despite specific orders
by General Titus not to destroy the Temple, his soldiers destroyed
it in 70 C.E.
The Temple was destroyed
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HE WAS REJECTED
BY RULERS.
Psalm 118:22-23 The stone the builders
rejected has become the capstone [cornerstone
of a building]; [23] the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
before
400 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 21:42
Yeshua said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures:"
`The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done
this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ?
John 7:48-49a Has any of the rulers
or of the Pharisees believed in him? [49a] No! |
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HE WAS REJECTED
BY HIS OWN BROTHERS.
Psalms 69:8 I am a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my own mother's sons
1000 B.C.E.
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| Mark 3:20-21
[20] Then Yeshua entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that
he and his disciples were not even able to eat. [21] When his family
heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is
out of his mind."
John 7:1-5 [1] After this,
Yeshua went around in Galilee, purposely staying away
from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.
[2] But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near,
[3] Yeshua's brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and
go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.
[4] No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since
you are doing these things, show yourself to the world." [5] For
even his own brothers did not believe in him.
(Note: Yeshua's brothers later came to believe Him when He visited them after
He arose from the dead. Two of them,
Jacob ("James") and
Jude, wrote books that are part of the B'rit
Chadasha.) |
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HE WAS BETRAYED
BY A FRIEND.
Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend, whom
I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
1000 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 26:14-15
[14] Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to
the chief priests [15] and asked, "What are you willing to give me if
I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver
coins.
John 13:21,26 [21] After he had
said this, Yeshua was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you the truth,
one of you is going to betray me." [26] Yeshua answered, "It is the
one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the
dish." Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son
of Simon. |
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HE WAS BETRAYED FOR
30 PIECES OF SILVER.
Zechariah 11:12 I told them, "If you
think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty
pieces of silver.
500 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 26:14-15
[14] Then one of the Twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to
the chief priests [15] and asked, "What are you willing to give me if
I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver
coins. |
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THE SILVER
WAS RETURNED.
THEN IT WAS USED TO BUY POTTER'S
FIELD.
Zechariah 11:12-13 [12] I told
them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they
paid me thirty pieces of silver. [13] And the LORD said to me, "Throw
it to the potter"--the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took
the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to
the potter.
500 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 27:3-10
[3] When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Yeshua was condemned,
he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief
priests and the elders. [4] "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed
innocent blood." "What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your
responsibility." [5] So Judas threw the money into the temple and left.
Then he went away and hanged himself. [6] The chief priests picked up
the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury,
since it is blood money." [7] So they decided to use the money to buy
the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. [8] That is why
it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. [9] Then what was
spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver
coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, [10] and they used
them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." |
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HIS FOLLOWERS
SCATTERED.
Zechariah 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against
my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!" declares the LORD Almighty.
"Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my
hand against the little ones."
500 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 26:31
Then Yeshua told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account
of me, for it is written: " `I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of
the flock will be scattered.'" |
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HE WAS BEATEN WITH
A ROD.
Micah 5:1 Marshal your troops, O city
of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel's ruler
on the cheek with a rod.
700 B.C.E.
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| Mark 15:19 Again
and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling
on their knees, they [mockingly] paid homage to
him. |
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HE WAS GIVEN VINEGAR
AND GALL TO DRINK.
Psalm 69:21 They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
1000 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 27:34
There they offered Yeshua wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting
it, he refused to drink it.
Matthew 27:48 Immediately one
of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a
stick, and offered it to Yeshua to drink. |
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HIS HANDS AND FEET
WERE NAILED.
Psalm 22:16 Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my
feet.
1000 B.C.E.
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| John 20:25 So
the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said
to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where
the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." |
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HE WAS CRUSHED FOR
OUR INIQUITIES.
Isaiah 53:5-6 [5] But he was pierced
for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. [6] We
all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
700 B.C.E.
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| Romans 4: 25
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life
for our justification.
1 Corinthians 15:3 *[NAB] I handed on
to you first of all what I myself received, that Messiah died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures
*NAB=New American Bible (not NASB=New American Standard Bible) |
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HE
TOOK THE PUNISHMENT
WE
DESERVE.
Psalm 69:4 Those who hate me without
reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause,
those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not
steal.
1000 B.C.E.
Isaiah 53:5-6 [5] But he was pierced
for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. [6] We
all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
700 B.C.E.
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| Romans 4: 25
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life
for our justification.
1 Corinthians 15:3 [NAB] I handed on
to you first of all what I myself received, that Messiah died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures |
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HE WAS PIERCED FOR
OUR TRANSGRESSIONS.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought
us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
700 B.C.E.
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour out
on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace
and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they
will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for
him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
500 B.C.E.
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| John 19:33-34; 36-37
[33] But when they came to Yeshua and found that he was already
dead, they did not break his legs. [34] Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced Yeshua' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.
[36] These things happened so that the scripture would be
fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," [37] and, as another
scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced." |
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NONE OF HIS BONES WERE
BROKEN.
Psalm 22:17 I can count all my bones;
people stare and gloat over me.
1000 B.C.E.
Psalm 34:20 he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
1000 B.C.E.
The Romans normally broke the legs of crucifixion victims.
And yet, a thousand years before the Crucifixion of Messiah,
King David foretold that the Messiah would die in an unusual
way.
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| John 19:33; 36a
[33] But when they came to Yeshua and found that he was already
dead, they did not break his legs. [36a] These things happened so that the
scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," |
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SOLDIERS GAMBLED FOR
HIS CLOTHES.
Psalm 22:18 They divide my garments
among them and cast lots for my clothing.
1000 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 27:35
When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting
lots. |
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HE WAS BRUTALLY
KILLED.
Isaiah 53:8 By oppression and judgment
he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was
cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my
people he was stricken.
700 B.C.E.
(See all four Gospels in the B'rit Chadasha)
HE WAS ASSIGNED
A GRAVE
WITH THE WICKED . . .
Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death
700 B.C.E.
Crucifixion was normally reserved for criminals and people the Romans wanted
to "make an example of". As a crucifixion victim, Messiah would have
been assigned a grave (if any) with such people.
BUT HE WAS BURIED
IN A RICH MAN'S TOMB.
Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ...
700 B.C.E.
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| Matthew
27:57,59-60 [57] As evening approached, there came a rich
man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple
of Yeshua. [59] Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
[60] and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out
of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and
went away. |
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HE AROSE
FROM THE DEAD.
Isaiah 53:8, 11 [8] By oppression and
judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For
he was cut off from the land of the
living; for the transgression of my people
he was stricken. [11] After the suffering
of his soul, he will see the light of
life and be
satisfied(1); by his knowledge
my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their
iniquities.
700 B.C.E.
(1) Note that the first part of Verse 11 is not in the Massoretic
Text but is in both the Textus Receptus and the Majority Text manuscript
sets.
Psalm 16:9-10 [9] Therefore my heart
is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, [10] because
you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see
decay.
1000 B.C.E.
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| Matthew 28:2, 5-7,
9 [2] There was a violent earthquake, for
an angel of the Lord came down from heaven
and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on
it.
[5] The angel said to the
women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that
you are looking for Yeshua, who was crucified. [6]
He is not here; he has risen, just as
he said. Come and see the place where he
lay. [7] Then go quickly and tell his disciples:
`He has risen from the
dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.
There you will see him.' Now I have told you." [9] Suddenly Yeshua met
them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped
him. |
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HE WAS GIVEN
AN ETERNAL KINGDOM.
Daniel 7:13-14 [13] "In my vision at
night I looked, and there before me was
one like a son of
man, coming with the clouds of heaven.
He approached the Ancient of
Days and was led into his presence. [14]
He was given authority, glory and sovereign
power; all
peoples, nations and men of every language
worshiped
him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that will not pass away,
and his kingdom is one that will never be
destroyed.
538
B.C.E.
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| Matthew 28:17-19a
[17] When they saw him [after the Resurrection],
they worshiped him; but some doubted. [18] Then Yeshua came to them
and said, "All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me.
[19a] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations |
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??? WHY
DID HE DO THIS ???
Romans 5:8 But God
demonstrates
his own love for us in this: While we
were still sinners, Messiah died for us.
John 3:16-18 [16] For
God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life. [17] For God did not send
his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through
him. [18] Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but
whoever does not believe stands condemned
already because he has not believed in
the name of God's one and only Son.
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT
YOU?
Romans 10:9
If you
confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and believe
in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
YOU WILL BE SAVED.
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one
else, for there is no other name under heaven
given to men by which we must be saved.
G-D WILL JUDGE ALL
WHO REJECT HIS MESSIAH.
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 [18] I will raise
up for them a prophet like you [Moses] from among
their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them
everything I command him. [19] If anyone does not listen to
my
words that the prophet speaks in
my
name, I
myself will call him to
account. 1400 B.C.E.
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| John 3:18 Whoever
believes in him [Yeshua] is not condemned, but
whoever does not believe stands condemned
already because he has not believed in
the name of God's one and only Son.
John 5:23b
He who does not honor the Son does not
honor the Father, who sent him. |
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If Messiah did not come,
G-d must have lied! |
IS YESHUA THE
MESSIAH?
WHAT ARE THE
ODDS?
SOURCE
NOTES
Unless noted, quotes are from New International Version
(NIV)
NJPS = Tanakh, New Jewish Publishing Society
Version
NKJV = New King James Version
Christianized English words restored to Hebrew: |
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Jesus --
Yeshua (Salvation, Savior)
Christ -- Messiah
(Chosen One)
James --
Jacob
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