A few things the Bible says about The Messiah

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He will:

Be the "seed of the woman that would "bruise " the serpent's "heel"

Genesis 3:15 Galatians 4:4 1 John 3:8

Be the "seed of Abraham"

Genesis 12:3 Matthew 1:1 Acts 3:25; Acts 18:18-22; Galatians 3:16

Be the "seed of Isaac"

Genesis 17:19; Genesis 21:12 ; Matthew 1:2 ; Luke 3:34 ; Hebrews11:17-19

Be the "seed of Jacob" and the "star out of Jacob" who will "have dominion"

Genesis 28:14; Numbers 24:17,19 ; Matthew 1:2 ; Luke 3:34 ; Revelation 22:16

Be a descendant of Judah

Genesis 49:10 ; Matthew 1:2-3 ; Luke 3:33 ; Hebrews 7:14

Be a descendant of David and heir to his throne

2 Samuel 7:12-13 ; Isaiah 9:6-7 ; Isaiah 11:1-5 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ;

Matthew 1:1,6 ; Acts 11:23 ; Romans 1:4
Have eternal existence

Micah 5:1(2) ; John 1:1-14 ; John 8:58 ; Colossians 1:15-19 ; Ephesians 1:3-14 ; Revelation 5:11

Be the Son of God

Psalm 2:7 ; Proverbs 30:4 ; Matthew 3:17 ; Luke 1:32

Have God's own name,YHVH (Adonai) applied to him

Isaiah 9:5-6(6-7) ; Jeremiah23:5-6 ; Romans 10:9 ; Philippians 2:9-11

Come at a specific time, 483 yrs.after the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem

Daniel 9:24-26 ; Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:19 ; Luke 3:1 ; Luke 3:23

Be born in Bethlehem, in Judah

Micah 5:1(2) ; Matthew 2:1; Luke2:4-7
Be born of a virgin

Isaiah 7:14 ; Matthew1:18-2:1 ; Luke 1:26-35

Be adored by great persons

Psalm 72:10-11 ; Matthew 2:1-11
Be preceded by one who would anounce him

Isaiah 40:3-5 ; Malachi 3:1 ; Matthew3:1-3 ; Luke 1:17 ; Luke 3:2-6

Be anointed with the Spirit of God

Psalm 45:8(7) ; Isaiah 11:2 , Isaiah 61:1 ; Matthew 3:16 ; John 3:34 ; Acts 10:38
Be a prophet like Moses

Deuteronomy 18:15 -18 ; Acts 3:20-22

Have a ministry of binding up the brokenhearted, proclaiming liberty to the captives and announcing the acceptable year of the Lord

Isaiah 61:1-2 ; Luke 4:18-19
Have a ministry of healing the Gospels

Isaiah 35:5-6 ; Isaiah 42:18 ; Matthew 11:5
Have a ministry in the Galilee

Isaiah 8:23-9:1(9:1-2) ; Matthew 4:12-16

Be tender and compassionate

Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 42:3 ; Matthew 12:15,20 ; Hebrews 4:15
Be meek and unostentatious

Isaiah 42:2 ; Matthew12:15-16,19
Be sinless and without guile

Isaiah 53:9 ; 1Peter 2:22
Bear the reproaches due others

Psalm 69:10 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Romans 15:3

Be a priest
Psalm 110:4 ; Hebrews 5:5-6 ; Hebrews 6:20 ; Hebrews 7:15-17
Enter publicly into Jerusalem on a donkey

Zechariah 9:9 ; Matthew 21:1-11 ; Mark 11:1-11

Enter the Temple with authority

Haggai 2:7-9 ; Malachi 3:1 ; Matthew 21:12-24 ; Luke 2:27-38 ; Luke 2:45-50 ; John 2:13-22

Be hated without cause

Psalm 69:5(4) ; Isaiah 49:7 ; John 7:48 ; John 15:24-25
Be undesired and rejected by his own people

Psalm 69:9(8) ; Isaiah 53:2 ; Isaiah 63:3 ; Mark 6:3 ; Luke 9:58 ; John 1:11 ; John 7:3-5
Be rejected by the Jewish leadership

Psalm 118:22 ; Matthew 21:42 ; John 7:48

Be plotted against by Jews and Gentiles together

Psalm2:1-2 ; Acts 4:27
Be betrayed by a friend

Psalm 41:9 Matthew 26:21-50 ; John 13:18-21 ; Acts 1:16-18

Be sold for 30 pieces of silver

Zechariah 11:12 ; Matthew 26:15

Have his price given for a potters field

Zechariah 11:13 ; Matthew 27:7
Be forsaken by his disciples

Zechariah 13:7 ; Matthew 26:31,56
Be struck on the cheek

Micah 5:1 ; Matthew 27:30

Be spat upon

Isaiah 50:6 ; Matthew26:67 ; Matthew 27:30

Be mocked

Psalm 22:8-9(7-8) ; Matthew 27:31 ; Matthew 27:39-44 ; Matthew 27:67-68

Be beaten

Isaiah 50:6 ; Matthew 26:67 ; Matthew 27:26-30
Be executed by crucifixion, by having his hands and feet pierced

Psalm22:17(16) ; Zechariah 12:10 ; Matthew 27:35 ; Luke 24:39

John 9:18 ; John 9:34-37 ; John 20:35 ; Revelation 1:7

Be thirsty during his execution

Psalm 22:16(15) ; John 19:28
Be given vinegar to quench that thirst

Psalm 69:22(21) ; Matthew 27:34

Be executed without having a bone broken

Exodus 12:46 ; Psalm 24:31(20) ; John 19:33-36

Be considered a transgressor

Isaiah 53:12 ; Matthew 27:38

Be "cut off, but not for himself"

Daniel 9:24-26 ; Matthew 2:1 ; Luke 3:1,23
Be the one whose death would atone for the sins of mankind

Isaiah 53:5-7,12 ; Mark 10:45 ; John 1:29 ; John 3:16 ; Acts 8:30-35

Be buried with the rich when dead

Isaiah 53:9 ; Matthew 27:57-60
Be raised from the dead

Psalm 2:7 ; Psalm 16:10 ; Isaiah 53:9-10 ; Matthew 28:1-20 ; Acts 2:23-36 ; Acts13:33-37 ; 1Corinthians 15:4-6

Ascend to the right hand of God

Psalm 16:11; Psalm 68:19(18) ; Psalm 110:1 ; Luke 24:51 ; Acts 1:9-11 ; Acts 7:55 ; Hebrews 1:3

Exercise his priestly office in heaven

Zechariah 6:1 ; Romans 8:34 ; Hebrews 7:25-8:2

Be the cornerstone of God's Messianic Believing Community

Psalm 118:22-23 ; Isaiah 28:16 ; Matthew 21:42 ; Ephesians 2:20 ; 1Peter 2:5-7

Be sought after by Gentiles as well as Jews

Isaiah 11:10 ; Isaiah 42:1 ; Acts 10:45

Be accepted by the Gentiles

Isaiah 11:10 ; Isaiah 42:1-4 ; Isaiah 49:1-12 ; Matthew 12:21 ; Romans15:10