^14 (A)so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

For to Us a Child Is Born

9 ^[a] But there will be no ^(A)gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he ^(B)brought into contempt the land of ^(C)Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he ^(D)has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.^[b]

²³ And he went and lived in a city called ^(A)Nazareth, ^(B)so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, ^(A)“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, ^(B)that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

³⁷ For I tell you that ^(A)this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ^(B)‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For ^(C)what is written about me has its fulfillment.”

^17 (A)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

^36 (A)For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: ^(B)“Not one of his bones ^(C)will be broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says, ^(D)“They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now ^(A)finished, said (^(B)to fulfill the Scripture), ^(C)“I thirst.”

²⁵ But ^(A)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(B)‘They hated me without a cause.’