The full list

Both parts of this section, in one place: the closely-edited core set, examined in full below, and the wider, more lightly curated catalog other lists compile. GEBible reaches no verdict on either — the difference between them is how fully each has been worked up.

Closely examined

The 24 passages in the closely-edited core set — each with the cited verse, the fulfillment reading and the counter-reading set side by side, how the New Testament uses it, and the Jewish exegetical tradition.

Genesis 49:10

In brief: The Shiloh prophecy — "the scepter shall not depart from Judah"

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Numbers 24:17

In brief: Balaam's oracle — "a star shall come out of Jacob, a scepter shall rise out of Israel"

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2 Samuel 7:12-16

In brief: Nathan's oracle — God promises David an eternal dynasty

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Psalm 2:1-12

In brief: Royal enthronement psalm — "You are my son; today I have begotten you"

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Psalm 110:1-4

In brief: Royal psalm — "Sit at my right hand" and "priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek"

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Psalm 89:3-4, 19-37

In brief: Davidic covenant psalm — God's oath to David of an enduring dynasty

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Isaiah 42:1-4

In brief: First Servant Song — "Here is my servant, whom I uphold"

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Isaiah 49:1-6

In brief: Second Servant Song — the servant called from the womb, a "light to the nations"

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Isaiah 52:13-53:12

In brief: Fourth Servant Song — the suffering servant who "bore our infirmities"

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Isaiah 9:6-7

In brief: "For a child has been born for us" — throne names for a Davidic king

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Isaiah 11:1-10

In brief: "A shoot from the stump of Jesse" — the ideal Davidic ruler

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Jeremiah 23:5-6

In brief: "A righteous Branch" — God will raise up a just Davidic king

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Ezekiel 34:23-24

In brief: "My servant David" — God will set one shepherd over Israel

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Ezekiel 37:24-25

In brief: "David my servant shall be their prince forever" — in the valley of dry bones restoration

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Daniel 7:13-14

In brief: "One like a son of man" coming on the clouds — given everlasting dominion

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Daniel 9:25-26

In brief: The "seventy weeks" — an "anointed one" who will be "cut off"

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Micah 5:2-4

In brief: "From you, O Bethlehem" — a ruler whose origin is "from of old"

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Zechariah 9:9

In brief: "Your king comes to you, humble and riding on a donkey"

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Zechariah 12:10

In brief: "They look on the one whom they have pierced" — mourning for a slain figure

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Haggai 2:6-9

In brief: "The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former" — glory of the Second Temple

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Malachi 3:1

In brief: "I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me" — a forerunner figure

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Psalm 22:1-31

In brief: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" — royal lament psalm

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Psalm 16:8-11

In brief: "You do not give me up to Sheol" — trust that God will not abandon the faithful

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Zechariah 13:7

In brief: "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered"

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The wider catalog

A wider, more lightly curated list of Hebrew-Bible passages that have been read as pointing to the Messiah — beyond the closely-edited core set. Each entry sets the fulfillment reading and the counter-reading side by side, notes how the New Testament uses the passage, and reaches no verdict.

121 repeat-listed 235 contested

The ~356 passages commonly listed as messianic prophecies break down two ways: 121 are repeat-listings of passages already covered among the 24 strongly attested here; the remaining 235 are additional, contested passages not found among those 24.

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