[[Matt-26]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Matt-25]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Matt-27]] --- ### You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus predicts the specific timing (Passover) and method (crucifixion) of his upcoming death. *Historical context*: Jesus was historically crucified in Jerusalem under Pontius Pilate during the Passover festival, roughly between 30-33 AD, as recorded in the Gospels and confirmed by early historians like Tacitus. *Related to*: ### wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus prophesies the global spread of the Gospel and the enduring legacy of the woman who anointed him. *Historical context*: The story of the anointing at Bethany is recorded in three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, John) and has been read and preached globally for nearly 2,000 years, fulfilling the prediction of its worldwide reach. *Related to*: ### So they weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Judas is paid exactly thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus, fulfilling an Old Testament prophetic pattern. *Historical context*: This fulfills [[Zech-11#v12|Zechariah 11:12]]-13, which predicts the price of thirty pieces of silver being paid and later cast to the potter; it was also the Mosaic law's value for a slave ([[Exod-21#v32|Exodus 21:32]]). *Related to*: [[Zech-11#v12|Zechariah 11:12]] ### one of you will betray me. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus predicts that one of his twelve closest disciples will betray him into the hands of his enemies. *Historical context*: This prediction is a central event in all four canonical Gospels and identified Judas Iscariot as the specific individual who facilitated the arrest of Jesus. *Related to*: ### All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Jesus applies the prophecy of [[Zech-13#v7|Zechariah 13:7]] to his immediate arrest and the resulting flight of his disciples. *Historical context*: Historical and biblical records indicate the disciples scattered upon Jesus' arrest (v56), fulfilling both Zechariah's prophecy and Jesus' immediate application of it. *Related to*: [[Zech-13#v7|Zechariah 13:7]] ### after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus predicts his own resurrection and a subsequent meeting with his disciples in the region of Galilee. *Historical context*: [[Matt-28#v16|Matthew 28:16]]-17 records the fulfillment of this prophecy, noting that the eleven disciples met the risen Jesus on a mountain in Galilee. *Related to*: ### tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus predicts that Peter will deny knowing him three specific times before the rooster crows the next morning. *Historical context*: This triple denial is documented in all four Gospels as a major turning point in Peter's life, followed by his later restoration as a leader of the early church. *Related to*: ### Then all the disciples left him and fled. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The disciples desert Jesus during his arrest in Gethsemane, fulfilling his prediction that they would fall away. *Historical context*: This event, marking the dispersal of Jesus' followers, realized the 'scattering of the sheep' predicted in v31. *Related to*: [[Matt-26#v31|Matthew 26:31]] ### after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jesus prophesies his future exaltation to the right hand of God and his return in glory. *Historical context*: This prophecy alludes to [[Dan-07#v13|Daniel 7:13]]-14 and [[Ps-110#v1|Psalm 110:1]]; it is a fundamental tenet of Christian eschatology regarding the Second Coming of Christ. *Related to*: [[Dan-07#v13|Daniel 7:13]] ### Immediately the rooster crowed. Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, 'Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.' *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Peter's triple denial of Jesus is immediately followed by a rooster crowing, exactly as Jesus had foretold. *Historical context*: The account of Peter's denial and the crowing of the rooster is widely cited as a demonstration of Jesus' precise foreknowledge of human behavior. *Related to*: [[Matt-26#v34|Matthew 26:34]] --- #ai_prophecy