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Prophecies fulfilled by
Yeshua
Throughout the Torah,
Prophets and Psalms, God has proclaimed the coming of the Messiah. This presentation
offers in table form, God's promises and fulfillment of His promises as provided
in His Word.
Suffering / Death /
Resurrection / Ascension of the Messiah
| The
Messiah Would Be Betrayed By A Friend |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Even my
close friend, on whom I relied, who shared my table, has turned against
me." Psalm 41:9
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"Then one
of the Twelve, the one called Y'hudah from K'riot, went to the head
cohanim and said, "What are you willing to give me if I turn
Yeshua over to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and gave
them to Y'hudah.n From then on he looked for a good opportunity to
betray him." Matthew 26:14 - 16
"Then Y'hudah from K'riot, who was
one of the Twelve, went to the head cohanim in order to betray Yeshua to
them. They were pleased to hear this and promised to give him money.
And he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Yeshua." Mark 14:10 - 11
"I'm not
talking to all of you -- I know which ones I have chosen. But the words of
the Tanakh must be fulfilled that say, `The one eating my bread has turned
against me.' I'm telling you now, before it happens; so that when it
does happen, you may believe that I AM [who I say I am]." John 13:18 - 19 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Sold For Thirty Pieces Of Silver |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "I said to
them, "If it seems good to you, give me my wages; if not,
don't." So they weighed out my wages, thirty silver [shekels, that
is, twelve ounces]." Zechariah 11:12
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"Then one
of the Twelve, the one called Y'hudah from K'riot, went to the head
cohanim 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if
I turn Yeshua over to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and
gave them to Y'hudah.n 16 From then on he looked for a good
opportunity to betray him." Matthew 26:14 - 16
"When Y'hudah, who had betrayed
him, saw that Yeshua had been condemned, he was seized with remorse and
returned the thirty silver coins to the head cohanim and elders, saying,
"I sinned in betraying an innocent man to death." "What is
that to us?" they answered. "That's your problem." Hurling
the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, he left; then he went off and
hanged himself. The head cohanim took the silver coins and said,
"It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is
blood money." Matthew 27:3 - 6 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Abandoned By His Disciples |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Awake,
sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me," says
ADONAI-Tzva'ot. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be
scattered; I will turn my hand against the young ones." Zechariah 13:7 |
"After
singing the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Yeshua
then said to them, "Tonight you will all lose
faith in me, as the Tanakh says, `I will strike the shepherd dead, and the
sheep of the flock will be scattered" Matthew
26:30 - 31
"But
all this has happened so that what the prophets wrote may be fulfilled."
Then the talmidim all deserted him and ran away." Matthew 26:56
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| The
Returned Money Would Be Used For A Potter's Field |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Concerning
that "princely sum" at which they valued me, ADONAI said,
"Throw it into the treasury!" So I took the thirty silver
[shekels] and threw them into the treasury in the house of ADONAI." Zechariah 11:13
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"Hurling
the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, he left; then he went off and
hanged himself. The head cohanim took the silver coins and said,
"It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is
blood money." So they decided to use it to buy the potter's
field as a cemetery for foreigners." Matthew 27:5 - 7 |
| The
Messiah Would Be Accused By False Witnesses |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| " Malicious
witnesses come forward, asking me things about which I know nothing." Psalm
35:11
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"The head
cohanim and the whole Sanhedrin looked for some false evidence against
Yeshua, so that they might put him to death. But they didn't find
any, even though many liars came forward to give testimony. At last,
however, two people came forward and said, "This man said, `I
can tear down God's Temple and build it again in three days.'" The
cohen hagadol stood up and said, "Have you nothing to say to the
accusation these men are making?" Matthew 26:59
- 62
"The head cohanim and the whole
Sanhedrin tried to find evidence against Yeshua, so that they might have
him put to death, but they couldn't find any. For many people gave
false evidence against him, but their testimonies didn't agree. Some
stood up and gave this false testimony: "We heard him say, `I
will destroy this Temple made with hands; and in three days I will build
another one, not made with hands.'" Even so, their testimonies
didn't agree." Mark 14:55 -
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| The
Messiah Would Be Spat Upon And Smitten |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "I offered
my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who plucked out my
beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting." Isaiah 50:6
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"Then they
spit in his face and pounded him with their fists; and those who were
beating him said, "Now, you `Messiah,' `prophesy' to us: who
hit you that time?"" Matthew 26:67 - 68
"Then some began spitting at him;
and after blindfolding him, they started pounding him with their fists and
saying to him, "Let's see you prophesy!" And as the guards took
him, they beat him too." Mark 14:65
"Pilate then took Yeshua and had
him flogged. The soldiers twisted thorn branches into a crown and
placed it on his head, put a purple robe on him, and went up to him,
saying over and over, "Hail, `king of the Jews'!" and hitting
him in the face." John 19:1 - 3 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Silent To Accusations |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Those
seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of
disaster and think up deceptions all day long. But I'm like a deaf
man - I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word. Yes,
I've become like a man who doesn't hear and in whose mouth are no
defenses."
Psalm 38:12 - 14
"Though mistreated, he was
submissive - he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to be slaughtered,
like a sheep silent before its shearers, he did not open his mouth." Isaiah 53:7
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"But when
he was accused by the head cohanim and elders, he gave no answer. Then
Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear all these charges they are making
against you?" But to the governor's great amazement, he did not
say a single word in reply to the accusations." Matthew 27:12 - 14
"The head cohanim too made
accusations against him, and Pilate again inquired of him, "Aren't
you going to answer? Look how many charges they are making against
you!" But Yeshua made no further response, to Pilate's
amazement."
Mark 15:3 - 5 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be A Willing Sacrifice For Us |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "In fact,
it was our diseases he bore, our pains from which he suffered; yet we
regarded him as punished, stricken and afflicted by God. But he was
wounded because of our crimes, crushed because of our sins; the
disciplining that makes us whole fell on him, and by his bruises we are
healed. We all, like sheep, went astray; we turned, each one, to his
own way; yet ADONAI laid on him the guilt of all of us. Or: and in
fellowship with him." Isaiah 53:4 - 6
"Therefore I will assign him a
share with the great, he will divide the spoil with the mighty, for having
exposed himself to death and being counted among the sinners, while
actually bearing the sin of many and interceding for the offenders." Isaiah 53:12 |
"But God
demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf
while we were still sinners." Romans 5:8
"For among the first things I
passed on to you was what I also received, namely this: the Messiah died
for our sins, in accordance with what the Tanakh says;" 1 Corinthians 15:3
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| The
Messiah Would be Executed As A Criminal |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Then,
after the sixty-two weeks, Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. The
people of a prince yet to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary,
but his end will come with a flood, and desolations are decreed until the
war is over." Daniel 9:26
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"But they
went on yelling insistently, demanding that he be executed on the stake;
and their shouting prevailed. Pilate decided to grant their demand;
he released the man who had been thrown in prison for insurrection
and murder, the one they had asked for; and Yeshua he surrendered to their
will." Luke 23:23 - 25 |
| The
Messiah Would Die With Sinners |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Therefore
I will assign him a share with the great, he will divide the spoil with
the mighty, for having exposed himself to death and being counted among
the sinners, while actually bearing the sin of many and interceding for
the offenders" Isaiah 53:12
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"two
robbers were placed on execution-stakes with him, one on the right and one
on the left." Matthew 27:38
" Two other men, both
criminals, were led out to be executed with him. When they came to
the place called The Skull, they nailed him to a stake; and they nailed
the criminals to stakes, one on the right and one on the left."
Luke23:32 - 33
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| Lots
Would Be Cast For The Messiah's Garments |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "They
divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice." Psalm 22:18
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"Then they
nailed him to the execution-stake; and they divided his clothes among
themselves, throwing dice to determine what each man should get." Mark 15:24
"When the soldiers had nailed
Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and divided them into four
shares, a share for each soldier, with the under-robe left over. Now the
under-robe was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom; so
they said to one another, "We shouldn't tear it in pieces; let's draw
for it." This happened in order to fulfill the words from the Tanakh,
"They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my
robe." This is why the soldiers did these things." John
19:23 - 24 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Pierced Through His Hands And Feet |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Dogs are
all around me, a pack of villains closes in on me like a lion [at] my
hands and feet." Psalm 22:16
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"But he
said to them, "Why are you so upset? Why are
these doubts welling up inside you? Look at my hands and my feet --
it is I, myself! Touch me and see -- a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones,
as you can see I do." Luke 24:38 - 39
"Then he said
to T'oma, "Put your finger here, look at
my hands, take your hand and put it into my side. Don't be lacking in
trust, but have trust!" T'oma
answered him, "My Lord and my God!""
John 20:27 - 28
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| The
Messiah Would Be Stared Upon |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "I can
count every one of my bones, while they gaze at me and gloat." Psalm 22:17
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" The
people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at him. "He saved
others," they said, "so if he really is the Messiah, the one
chosen by God, let him save himself!"" Luke 23:35
"Then they sat down to keep watch
over him there." Matthew 27:36 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Scorned And Mocked |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "All who
see me jeer at me; they sneer and shake their heads: 8 "He
committed himself to ADONAI, so let him rescue him! Let him set him free
if he takes such delight in him!" Psalm 22:7 - 8
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"wove
thorn-branches into a crown and put it on his head, and put a stick in his
right hand. Then they kneeled down in front of him and made fun of him:
"Hail to the King of the Jews!" They spit on him and used
the stick to beat him about the head. When they had finished
ridiculing him, they took off the robe, put his own clothes back on him
and led him away to be nailed to the execution-stake." Matthew 27:29 - 31 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Given Vinegar With Gall For His Thirst |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "They put
poison in my food; in my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink." Psalm 69:21 |
"they gave
him wine mixed with bitter gall to drink; but after tasting it, he would
not drink it" Matthew 27:34 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Forsaken By God |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "For the
leader. Set to "Sunrise."A psalm of David: My God! My God! Why
have you abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my
anguished cries? My God, by day I call to you, but you don't answer;
likewise at night, but I get no relief."
Psalm 22:1 - 2 |
"At about
three, Yeshua uttered a loud cry, "Eli! Eli!
L'mah sh'vaktani? (My God! My God! Why have you deserted me?)" Matthew 27:46 |
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| The
Messiah Would Commit His Spirit To God |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "Into your
hand I commit my spirit; you will redeem me, ADONAI, God of truth."
Psalm 31:5
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"Crying out
with a loud voice, Yeshua said, "Father! Into
your hands I commit my spirit." With these words he gave up
his spirit" Luke 23:46 |
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| The
Messiah Would Not Have Any Broken Bones |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "He
protects all his bones; not one of them gets broken." Psalm 34:20
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"The
soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been put on a
stake beside Yeshua, then the legs of the other one; but when they
got to Yeshua and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his
legs." John 19:32 - 33
"For these things happened in order
to fulfill this passage of the Tanakh: "Not one of his bones will be
broken." John 19:36 |
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| The
Messiah's Side Would Be Pierced |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "When that
day comes, I will seek to destroy all nations attacking Yerushalayim; and
I will pour out on the house of David and on those living in Yerushalayim
a spirit of grace and prayer; and they will look to me, whom they
pierced." They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son; they
will be in bitterness on his behalf like the bitterness for a firstborn
son." Zechariah 12:9 - 10
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"However,
one of the soldiers stabbed his side with a spear, and at once blood and
water flowed out. The man who saw it has testified about it, and his
testimony is true. And he knows that he tells the truth, so you too can
trust. For these things happened in order to fulfill this passage of
the Tanakh: "Not one of his bones will be broken." And
again, another passage says, "They will look at him whom they have
pierced." John 19:34 - 37 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Buried With The Rich |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "He was
given a grave among the wicked; in his death he was with a rich man.
Although he had done no violence and had said nothing deceptive,." Isaiah 53:9
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"Towards
evening, there came a wealthy man from Ramatayim named Yosef, who was
himself a talmid of Yeshua. He approached Pilate and asked for
Yeshua's body, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him. Yosef took
the body, wrapped it in a clean linen sheet, and laid it in his own
tomb, which he had recently had cut out of the rock. After rolling a large
stone in front of the entrance to the tomb, he went away"
Matthew 27:57 - 60 |
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| The
Messiah Would Be Resurrected From The Grave |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "for you
will not abandon me to Sh'ol, you will not let your faithful one see the
Abyss." Psalm 16:10
" But God will redeem me from
Sh'ol's control, because he will receive me. (Selah)" Psalm 49:15
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"Suddenly
Yeshua met them and said, "Shalom!"
They came up and took hold of his feet as they fell down in front of him.
Then Yeshua said to them, "Don't be
afraid! Go and tell my brothers to go to the Galil, and they will see me
there." Matthew 28:9 - 10
"But he said, "Don't be so
surprised! You're looking for Yeshua from Natzeret, who was executed on
the stake. He has risen, he's not here! Look at the place where they laid
him." Mark 16:6
"They were still talking about it
when -- there he was, standing among them! Startled and terrified,
they thought they were seeing a ghost." Luke 24:36 - 37
"Men of Isra'el! Listen to this!
Yeshua from Natzeret was a man demonstrated to you to have been from God
by the powerful works, miracles and signs that God performed through him
in your presence. You yourselves know this. This man was arrested in
accordance with God's predetermined plan and foreknowledge; and, through
the agency of persons not bound by the Torah, you nailed him up on a stake
and killed him! "But God has raised him up and freed him from
the suffering of death; it was impossible that death could keep its hold
on him. For David says this about him: 'I saw ADONAI always before
me, for he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken. For
this reason, my heart was glad; and my tongue rejoiced; and now my body
too will live on in the certain hope that you will not abandon me to Sh'ol
or let your Holy One see decay." Acts 2:22 - 27
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| The
Messiah Would Be Resurrected From The Grave After Three Days |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
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"Hizkiyahu said to
Yesha'yahu, (Isaiah) "What sign will there be that ADONAI will heal
me and that I will be able to go up to the house of ADONAI on the third
day?" 2 Kings 20:8
"ADONAI prepared a
huge fish to swallow Yonah; and Yonah was in the belly of the fish for
three days and three nights." Jonah 1:17
"Come, let us return
to ADONAI; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he
will bind our wounds. After two days, he will revive us; on the
third day, he will raise us up; and we will live in his presence. Let
us know, let us strive to know ADONAI. That he will come is as certain as
morning; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rains that
water the earth." Hosea 6:1 - 3 |
At this some of the
Torah-teachers said, "Rabbi, we want to see a miraculous sign from
you." He replied, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks
for a sign? No! None will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Yonah.
For just as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of
the sea-monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in
the depths of the earth. The people of Ninveh will stand up at the
Judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they turned from their
sins to God when Yonah preached, but what is here now is greater than
Yonah. The Queen of the South will stand up at the Judgment with
this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Shlomo, but what is here now is greater than Shlomo."
Matthew 12:38 - 42
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| The
Messiah Would Ascend To Heaven And Sit At The Right Hand Of God |
| God's
Promise |
Fulfillment of
God's Promise |
| "A psalm of
David: ADONAI says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make
your enemies your footstool." Psalm 110:1
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"After
saying this, he was taken up before their eyes; and a cloud hid him from
their sight." Acts 1:9
"So then, after he had spoken to
them, the Lord Yeshua was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand
of God" Mark 16:19
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The
evidence is overwhelming. Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, promised by
God. If you were
to put this case before a trial judge and jury, you have easily satisfied the
burden of proof. There are over 50 promises used in this
presentation. Many offered more than one account, that our Messiah has
fulfilled God's promises as revealed to God's prophets centuries before.
All God's Promises revealed to His Prophets are at least 400 years prior to
their fulfillment by Jesus. Some promises go back to the time of Moses,
over 1400
years before their fulfillment. In
addition to the testimonial accounts presented here, you also have eyewitness
accounts of His resurrection in that over 500 people witnessed, and therefore could testify to
His resurrection: "And
that He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that He was seen of
above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this
present, but some have fallen asleep. And that He was seen of James and
then all the apostles. And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one
born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet
to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by
the grace of God I am what I am: And His grace which was bestowed upon me
was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly that they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me." 1 Corinthians 15:6 - 10 Can
you truly discredit over 500 witnesses that could testify to seeing our Messiah
after His death and burial? In
fact, it wasn't just a passing occurrence. Jesus spent forty days after
His resurrection teaching His disciples about the things pertaining
to the Kingdom of God: "Until
the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the Holy Spirit had
given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen: To whom also He
showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of
them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of
God" Acts 1:2 - 3 Who
gave testimony?
| Name |
Profile |
| Matthew |
Jewish - a disciple of our
Messiah and also a tax collector for the Roman Government. Author of the
Gospel of Matthew - (directed towards the Jewish people) |
| Luke |
Jewish - a physician and
witness. Worked closely with Paul. Author or the Gospel of
Luke - (directed towards the Greek people) and the Acts of the Apostles -
accounts of the church's beginning. |
| Mark |
Jewish - A believer in
Messiah...not one of the 12 disciples. Traveled with Paul. Author of
the Gospel of Mark - (directed towards the Roman people) |
| John |
Jewish - a follower of John
the Baptist and later Jesus. One of our Messiah's closest
disciples. Author of the Gospel of John, Three Epistles and the
Revelation of Messiah. |
| Paul |
Jewish - Formerly known
as Saul of Tarsus (a Pharisee) - a staunch detractor to the
believers in Messiah. His mission was to destroy the "new sect
of Judaism". It wasn't until a trip to Damascus that Saul had
an encounter with our risen Messiah, whom blinded him. Once Saul's
sight was restored, the truth of Messiah was made known to him.
Saul's transformation, belief and name (now known as Paul) provided
additional evidence of Messiah. Witnessed to both Jew and Gentile of
Messiah.
Author of Letters to the churches at
Rome, Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Colosse, Thessalonica. |
Testimonies + Eyewitness Accounts
= Favorable Verdict The
evidence is before you...Now the decision is yours. What
do you believe?
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