That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Voices1
Christ retired into privacy and obscurity, that though he was eclipsed, the word of God might be fulfilled, and so illustrated and glorified, which was the thing his heart was upon. The scripture here said to be fulfilled is Isa. xlii.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
The verses this one reaches12
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
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Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; OpenBible.info (CC-BY).
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Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
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I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;
Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times…
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,
but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
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Matthew 21:4Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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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, even upon a colt the…
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Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
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