Acts 13:27
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27 Because the residents of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize him or understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they fulfilled those words by condemning him.(A)
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Acts 3:17
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17 “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.(A)
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Acts 26:22-23
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22 To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place:(A) 23 that the Messiah[a] must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the gentiles.”(B)
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- 26.23 Or the Christ
Acts 15:21
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21 For in every city, for generations past, Moses has had those who proclaim him, for he has been read aloud every Sabbath in the synagogues.”(A)
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Luke 24:20
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20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.
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1 Timothy 1:13
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13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:4
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4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A)
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2 Corinthians 3:14
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14 But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, the same veil is still there; it is not unveiled since in Christ it is set aside.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:8
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8 and which none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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Romans 11:25
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All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.(A)
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Romans 11:8-10
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8 as it is written,
“God gave them a sluggish spirit,
eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”(A)
9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;(B)
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and keep their backs forever bent.”
Acts 28:23
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Paul Preaches in Rome
23 After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.
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Acts 13:14-15
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14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.(A) 15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, “Brothers,[a] if you have any word of exhortation for the people, give it.”
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- 13.15 Gk Men, brothers
John 19:36-37
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36 These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, “None of his bones shall be broken.”(A) 37 And again another passage of scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.”(B)
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John 19:28-30
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28 After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.”(A) 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.(B)
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.(A)
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John 15:21
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21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.(A)
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John 8:28
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28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he[a] and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me.(A)
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- 8.28 Gk I am
Luke 24:44-45
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44 Then he said to them, “These are my 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 must be fulfilled.”(A) 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
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Luke 24:24-27
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24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”(A) 25 Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was it not necessary that the Messiah[a] should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”(B) 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.(C)
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- 24.26 Or the Christ
Luke 22:34
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34 Jesus[a] said, “I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day until you have denied three times that you know me.”
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- 22.34 Gk He
Matthew 26:54-56
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54 But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?”(A) 55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a rebel? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56 But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.(B)
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Matthew 22:29
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29 Jesus answered them, “You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.(A)
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Genesis 50:20
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20 Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.(A)
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