The Great

Prophecies and Allusions to Christ

in the Old Testament

Which are Expressly Cited, either as Predictions Fulfilled in Him, or Applied to Him in the New Testament.
Second Series (see note below) - Scripture is (KJV)

V. The Just One, Or Righteous.

• Zechariah 9:9 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, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  
  
• Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  
  
• Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
  
  
• Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
  
  
• Psalms 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
  
  
• Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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.
  
  
• Matthew 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
  
  
• Matthew 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  
  
• Matthew 27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
  
  
• Matthew 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
  
  
• Matthew 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  
  
• Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
  
  
• Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
  
  
• Acts 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
  
  
• Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
  
  
• Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
  
  
• 1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  
  
• 1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
  
  
• James 5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

The First Series Describes Christ in his human nature, as the promised Seed of the Woman, in the grand charter of our Redemption, Gen. 3:15; and his pedigree, sufferings, and glory in his successive manifestations of himself until the end of the world.

The Second Series describes His Character and offices, human and divine.