VI. Prophetic Confirmation.

A. The Jewish Authorities, and the people, anticipated the Messiah from prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Responding to the prophecy given in Micah 5:2, Wise Men from the East came to Jerusalem to worship the promised Messiah.

Matthew 2:3-6
³When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.⁴And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
⁵So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
       ⁶”But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
        Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
        For out of you shall come a Ruler
        Who will shepherd My people Israel.”

Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

Commentary by Glenn Miller:

http://www.christian-thinktank.com/micah5.html

Luke 2:25-26
²⁵ And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.²⁶And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Luke 2:36-38

³⁶ Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;³⁷and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, [NU-Text reads a widow until she was eighty-four] who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.³⁸And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, [NU-Text reads to God] and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Luke 3:15
Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

John 1:19-21

¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
²⁰He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
²¹And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”

John 3:28
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, “I am not the Christ,’ but, “I have been sent before Him.’

Isaiah 40:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert [Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint omits in the desert ] A highway for our God.

Matthew 3:1-12

¹ In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,²and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”³For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
        “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
        “Prepare the way of the LORD;
        Make His paths straight.”‘ [Isaiah 40:3]

⁴Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.⁵Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him⁶and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?⁸Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,⁹and do not think to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.¹⁰And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.¹¹I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. [M-Text omits and fire] ¹²His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

See also Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20.

John 7:40-43
⁴⁰ Therefore many [NU-Text reads some] from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.”⁴¹Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?⁴²Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”⁴³So there was a division among the people because of Him.

John 10:24
Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

B. Jesus confirmed prophecies concerning Himself.

Matthew 11:3-5

³and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
⁴Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:⁵The blind see 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.

Isaiah 35:4-6
⁴Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
        “Be strong, do not fear!
        Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
        With the recompense of God;
        He will come and save you.”
       ⁵Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
        And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
       ⁶Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
        And the tongue of the dumb sing.
        For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
        And streams in the desert.

Isaiah 29:17-19

¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while
        Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
        And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
       ¹⁸In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,         And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
       ¹⁹The humble also shall increase their joy in the LORD,
        And the poor among men shall rejoice
        In the Holy One of Israel.

Matthew 11:10
For this is he of whom it is written: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.’[Malachi 3:1]

Mark 1:2
As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.”

Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.’ [Malachi 3:1]

Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 22:42-45
⁴²saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The Son of David.”
⁴³He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him “Lord,’ saying:
       ⁴⁴”The LORD said to my Lord,
        “Sit at My right hand,
        Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”‘?
⁴⁵If David then calls Him “Lord,’ how is He his Son?”

Acts 2:33-35
³³Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
³⁴”For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:
        “The LORD said to my Lord,
        “Sit at My right hand,
       ³⁵Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Hebrews 1:13
But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?

Psalm 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

1 Chronicles 22:10
He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

Psalm 2:4-6
⁴He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
        The LORD shall hold them in derision.
       ⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
        And distress them in His deep displeasure:
       ⁶”Yet I have set My King
        On My holy hill of Zion.”

Psalm 68:6
God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

Mark 14:21
The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”

Luke 22:22
And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

John 13:18
“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, “He who eats bread with Me [NU-Text reads My bread] has lifted up his heel against Me.’ [Psalm 41:9]

Psalm 41:9
Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: “I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ [Zechariah 13:7]

Mark 14:27
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, [NU-Text omits [because of Me this night] for it is written: “I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered.’ [NU-Text omits because of Me this night]

Zechariah 13:7
“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones.

Matthew 15:8
“These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And [NU-Text omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And] honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

Mark 7:5-7

⁵Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
⁶He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
        “This people honors Me with their lips,
        But their heart is far from Me.
       ⁷And in vain they worship Me,
        Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

Mark 9:13
But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished, as it is written of him.”

Malachi 4:4-6

⁴”Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,
        Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
        With the statutes and judgments.
       ⁵Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
        Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
       ⁶And he will turn
        The hearts of the fathers to the children,
        And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
        Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Mark 12:10
Have you not even read this Scripture: “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.

Luke 20:17
Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? [Psalm 118:22]

Psalm 118:21-23

²¹I will praise You,
        For You have answered me,
        And have become my salvation.
       ²²The stone which the builders rejected
        Has become the chief cornerstone.
       ²³This was the LORD’s doing;
        It is marvelous in our eyes.

Mark 14:43-49

⁴³ And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.⁴⁴Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely.”
⁴⁵As soon as he had come, immediately he went up to Him and said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
⁴⁶Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.⁴⁷And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
⁴⁸Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me?⁴⁹I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

Luke 1:16-18

¹⁶And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.¹⁷He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
¹⁸And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

Malachi 4:4-6

Luke 4:16-21

¹⁶ So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.¹⁷And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
       ¹⁸”The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
        Because He has anointed Me
        To preach the gospel to the poor;
        He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, [NU-Text omits to heal the brokenhearted]
        To proclaim liberty to the captives
        And recovery of sight to the blind,
        To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
       ¹⁹To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” [Isaiah 61:1, 2]

²⁰Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.²¹And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Isaiah 61:1,2

¹ “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
        Because the LORD has anointed Me
        To preach good tidings to the poor;
        He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
        To proclaim liberty to the captives,
        And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
       ²To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
        And the day of vengeance of our God;
        To comfort all who mourn,

Mark 15:28
So the Scripture was fulfilled [Isaiah 53:12] which says, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.” [NU-Text omits this verse]

Luke 22:37
For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: “And He was numbered with the transgressors.’[Isaiah 53:12] For the things concerning Me have an end.”

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.

Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

Luke 24:44
Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

Luke 24:45
And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

John 2:20-22

²⁰Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
²¹But He was speaking of the temple of His body.²²Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; [NU-Text and M-Text omit to them] and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

John 5:45-47

⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you trust.⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.⁴⁷But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

John 6:31
Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” [Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24]

Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.

Exodus 16:15
So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

Psalm 78:24
Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven.

John 13:18
“I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, “He who eats bread with Me [NU-Text reads My bread]has lifted up his heel against Me.’ [Psalm 41:9]

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, [NU-Text omits in the world] I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; [ NU-Text reads in Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; ] (or [it;] )] and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

Psalm 41:9
Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Matthew 27:35
Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, [NU-Text and M-Text omit the rest of this verse] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” [NU-Text and M-Text omit the rest of this verse]

John 19:24
They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” [Psalm 22:18] Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Psalm 22:18
They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.

John 19:28
After this, Jesus, knowing [M-Text reads seeing] that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”

Psalm 69:21
They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Hebrews 10:5-8

⁵ Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:
        “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
        But a body You have prepared for Me.
       ⁶In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
        You had no pleasure.
       ⁷Then I said, “Behold, I have come--
        In the volume of the book it is written of Me--
        To do Your will, O God.”‘
⁸Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law),

Romans 10:16
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?"

Jesus Christ fulfilled Isaiah 53 in that He

Was despised and rejected (v. 3, also Psalm 118:22)

Was a man of sorrows (v. 3)

Carried our sorrows (v. 4)

Was smitten and afflicted (v. 4)

Was pierced for our transgressions (v. 5)

Was bruised (v.5)

Suffered as a lamb (v. 7)

Died with the wicked (v. 9)

Was sinless (v. 9)

Prayed for his transgressors (v. 12)

Psalm 40:6-8
⁶Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
        My ears You have opened.
        Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
       ⁷Then I said, “Behold, I come;
        In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
       ⁸I delight to do Your will, O my God,
        And Your law is within my heart.”

¹ Who has believed our report?
        And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
       ²For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
        And as a root out of dry ground.
        He has no form or comeliness;
        And when we see Him,
        There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
       ³He is despised and rejected by men,
        A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
        And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
        He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

       ⁴Surely He has borne our griefs
        And carried our sorrows;
        Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
        Smitten by God, and afflicted.
       ⁵But He was wounded for our transgressions,
        He was bruised for our iniquities;
        The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
        And by His stripes we are healed.
       ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray;
        We have turned, every one, to his own way;
        And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

       ⁷He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
        Yet He opened not His mouth;
        He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
        And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
        So He opened not His mouth.
       ⁸He was taken from prison and from judgment,
        And who will declare His generation?
        For He was cut off from the land of the living;
        For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
       ⁹And they [Literally he or He] made His grave with the wicked--
        But with the rich at His death,
        Because He had done no violence,
        Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

       ¹⁰Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
        He has put Him to grief.
        When You make His soul an offering for sin,
        He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
        And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
       ¹¹He shall see the labor of His soul, [Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint read From the labor of His soul He shall see light] and be satisfied.
        By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
        For He shall bear their iniquities.
       ¹²Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
        And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
        Because He poured out His soul unto death,
        And He was numbered with the transgressors,
        And He bore the sin of many,
        And made intercession for the transgressors.

See also

“Messiah Revealed: Index of all Prophecies by Category,”

http://www.messiahrevealed.org/category-index.html

C. Matthew confirmed prophecies concerning Jesus.

Matthew 1:1-17

and Amon begot Josiah.¹¹Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
¹²And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.¹³Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.¹⁴Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.¹⁵Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.¹⁶And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Acts 7:2-5
²And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,³and said to him, “Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ ⁴Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.⁵And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

Genesis 12:1-3

¹ Now the LORD had said to Abram:
        “Get out of your country,
        From your family
        And from your father’s house,
        To a land that I will show you.
       ²I will make you a great nation;
        I will bless you
        And make your name great;
        And you shall be a blessing.
       ³I will bless those who bless you,
        And I will curse him who curses you;
        And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 22:18
In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Genesis 26:4
And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Ruth 4:18-22
¹⁸Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron;¹⁹Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;²⁰Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; [Hebrew Salmah] ²¹Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;²²Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

1 Chronicles 2:1-2

¹ These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

From Judah to David

1 Chronicles 2:3-15

³ The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so He killed him.⁴And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
⁵The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.⁶The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara--five of them in all.
⁷The son of Carmi was Achar, [Spelled Achan in Joshua 7:1 and elsewhere] the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.
⁸The son of Ethan was Azariah.
⁹Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. [Spelled Caleb in 2:18, 42] ¹⁰Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah;¹¹Nahshon begot Salma [Spelled Salmon in Ruth 4:21 and Luke 3:32], and Salma begot Boaz;¹²Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;¹³Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea[Spelled Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9 and elsewhere] the third,¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.

Genesis 35:23-26

²³ the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;²⁴the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;²⁵the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and Naphtali;²⁶and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.

Genesis 46:8-25
⁸Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.⁹The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.¹⁰The sons of Simeon were Jemuel [Spelled Nemuel in 1 Chronicles 4:24], Jamin, Ohad, Jachin [Called Jarib in 1 Chronicles 4:24], Zohar, [Called Zerah in 1 Chronicles 4:24] and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.¹¹The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.¹²The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.¹³The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puvah, [Spelled Puah in 1 Chronicles 7:1] Job [Same as Jashub in Numbers 26:24 and 1 Chronicles 7:1] and Shimron.¹⁴The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.¹⁵These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.
¹⁶The sons of Gad were Ziphion [Spelled Zephon in Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Numbers 26:15], Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon [Called Ozni in Numbers 26:16 Spelled Arod in Numbers 26:17], Eri, Arodi,and Areli.¹⁷The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah [Called Hupham in Numbers 26:39], Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel.¹⁸These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.
¹⁹The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.²⁰And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.²¹The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, [Called Hupham in Numbers 26:39] and Ard.²²These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.
²³The son of Dan was Hushim. [Called Shuham in Numbers 26:42] ²⁴The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel [Spelled Jahziel in 1 Chronicles 7:13], Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. [Spelled Shallum in 1 Chronicles 7:13] ²⁵These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.

See Ruth 4:18-22; Matthew 1:2-6; Luke 3:31-33

The Genealogy of Christ through Mary

Luke 3:23-38

²³ Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,²⁴the son of Matthat, This and several other names in the genealogy are spelled somewhat differently in the NU-Text. Since the New King James Version uses the Old Testament spelling for persons mentioned in the New Testament, these variations, which come from the Greek, have not been footnoted.

the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,²⁵the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,²⁶the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,²⁷the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,²⁸the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,²⁹the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,³¹the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David,³²the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,³³the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,³⁴the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,³⁵the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,³⁶the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,³⁷the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,³⁸the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Cf. Luke 2:1-7

¹ And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.²This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria.³So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.
⁴Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,⁵to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, [NU-Text omits wife] who was with child.⁶So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.⁷And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Genealogy of Christ through Joseph.

Matthew 1:1-17

¹ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
²Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.³Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.⁴Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.⁵Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,⁶and Jesse begot David the king.
David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.⁷Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. [NU-Text reads Asaph]. ⁸Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah.⁹Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.¹⁰Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, [NU-Text reads Amos] and Amon begot Josiah.¹¹Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
¹²And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.¹³Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.¹⁴Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.¹⁵Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.¹⁶And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Cf. Matthew 1:18-23

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.¹⁹Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.²⁰But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.²¹And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
²²So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:²³”Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” [Literally God-With-Us] which is translated, “God with us.”

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. [Literally God-With-Us]

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Matthew 2:1-6

¹ Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,²saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
³When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.⁴And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
⁵So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
       ⁶”But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
        Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;
        For out of you shall come a Ruler
        Who will shepherd My people Israel.”‘ [Micah 5:2]

Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

Commentary by J.P. Holding:

On the "Bethlehem" prophecy [Off Site] – also an on-site reply to Fiddler Zvi.

Commentary by Glenn Miller:

http://www.christian-thinktank.com/micah5.html

Matthew 3:1-3

Mark 1:3
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.” [Isaiah 40:3]

Luke 3:4
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.

John 1:23
He said: “I am “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the LORD,”‘ [Isaiah 40:3] as the prophet Isaiah said.”

Isaiah 40:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert [Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint omits in the desert] A highway for our God.