And here is more for anybody interested. Taken from
http://www.bible.ca/b-prophecy-60.htm Prophecy is foretelling an event in such detail before it happens so as to necessarily require divine guidance. The Bible is a book containing hundreds of detailed prophecies. There are, for example, well over 60 distinct predictions in regard to our divine Saviour Jesus Christ. Here is a sample of just 10 prophecies that foretold the crucifixion of Christ. Not only were the predictions made 1000 years before Christ came from heaven to earth, but they were made over 500 years before crucifixion was first used anywhere in the world as a form of capital punishment! Crucifixion didn't exist when the prophecies were made.
A scientist picked out 48 such prophecies and determined that the probability of one man randomly fulfilling them all is 1 in 10 to the exponent of 157. That is one followed by 157 zeros! Your chances of winning a typical lottery jackpot is about 1 in 108. (100,000,000) Yet, Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies!
Born of the seed of woman
Gen 3:15 Gal 4:4 2. Born of a virgin Isa
7:14 Mt 1:18-25 3. Seed of Abraham
Gen 22:18 Mt 1:1 4. Seed of Isaac
Gen 21:12 Lk 3:23+34 5. Seed of Jacob
Num 24:17 Lk 3:34 6. Seed of David
Jer 23:5 Lk 3:31 7. Tribe of Judah
Gen 49:10 Rev 5:5 8. Family line of Jesse
Isa 11:1 Lk 3:32 9. Born in Bethlehem
Mic 5:2 Mt 2:1-6 10. Herod kills the children
Jer 31:15 Mt 2:16-18 Concerning his nature Prophesied Fulfilled 11. He pre-existed creation
Mic 5:2 1 Pet 1:20 12. He shall be called Lord
Ps 110:1 Acts 2:36 13. Called Immanuel (God with us)
Isa 7:14 Mt 1:22-23 14. Prophet
Deut 18:18-19 Acts 3:18-25 15. Priest
Ps 110:4 Heb 5:5-6 16. Judge
Isa 33:22 Jn 5:22-23 17. King
Ps 2:6 Jn 18:33-37 18. Anointed by the Spirit
Isa 11:2 Mt 3:16-17 19. His zeal for God
Ps 69:9 Jn 2:15-17 Concerning his ministry Prophesied Fulfilled
20. Preceded by a messenger
Isa 40:3 Mt 3:1-3 21. To begin in Galilee
Isa 9:1-2 Mt 4:12-17 22. Ministry of Miracles
Isa 35:5-6 Mt 9:35;11:4 23. Teacher of parables
Ps 78:1-4 Mt 13:34-35 24. He was to enter the temple
Mal 3:1 Mt 21:10-12 25. Enter Jerusalem on donkey
Zech 9:9 Mt 21:1-7 26. Stone of stumbling to Jews
Isa 28:16; Ps 118:22 1 Pet 2:6-8 27. Light to Gentiles Isa 49:6 Acts 13:46-48
The day Jesus was crucified Prophesied Fulfilled 28. Betrayed by a friend
Ps 41:9 Jn 13:18-27 29. Sold for 30 pieces of silver
Zech 11:12 Mt 26:14-15 30. 30 pieces thrown in Temple
Zech 11:13 Mt 27:3-5 31. 30 pieces buys potters field
Zech 11:13 Mt 27:6-10 32. Forsaken by His disciples
Zech 13:7 Mk 14:27+50 33. Accused by false witnesses
Ps 35:11+20-21 Mt 26:59-61 34. Silent before accusers Isa 53:7 Mt 27:12-14
35. Wounded and bruised
Isa 53:4-6 1 Pet 2:21-25 36. Beaten and spit upon
Isa 50:6 Mt 26:67-68 37. Mocked
Ps 22:6-8 Mt 27:27-31 38. Fell under the cross
Ps 109:24-25 Jn 19:17; Lk23:26 39. Hands and feet pierced Ps 22:16 Jn 20:24-28
40. Crucified with thieves
Isa 53:12 Mt 27:38 41. Prayed for enemies
Isa 53:12 Lk 23:34 42. Rejected by His own people
Isa 53:3 Jn 19:14-15 43. Hated without cause
Ps 69:4 Jn 15:25 44. Friends stood aloof
Ps 38:11 Lk22:54;23:49 45. People wag their heads
Ps 22:7;109:25 Mt 27:39 46. People stared at Him
Ps 22:17 Lk 23:35 47. Cloths divided and gambled for
Ps 22:18 Jn 19:23-24 48. Became very thirsty
Ps 22:15 Jn 19:28 49. Gall and vinegar offered Him
Ps 69:21 Mt 27:34 50. His forsaken cry
Ps 22:1 Mt 27:46 51. Committed Himself to God
Ps 31:5 Lk 23:46 52. Bones not broken
Ps 34:20 Jn 19:32-36 53. Heart broken
Ps 69:20;22:14 Jn 19:34 54. His side pierced
Zech 12:10 Jn 19:34+37 55. Darkness over the land
Amos 8:9 Lk 23:44-45 56. Buried in rich man's tomb
Isa 53:9 Mt 27:57-60 His Resurrection & Ascension Prophesied Fulfilled 57. Raised from the dead
Ps 16:8-11 Acts 2:24-31 58. Begotten as Son of God
Ps 2:7 Acts 13:32-35 59. Ascended to God
Ps 68:18 Eph 2:8-10 60. Seated beside God
Ps 110:1 Heb 1:3+13 Today, the only way Bible scoffers can explain away this astronomical probability is to discredit the prophecies in one way or another. Their only alternative is to accept that God is the author of the Scriptures. The Bible is a reliable book of genuine divine prophecy. You can trust it!
The evidence of divine prophecy presented here is just a tiny portion of the proofs available to establish the divine origin of the Bible. Yet, they are more than sufficient to prove the inspiration of the Bible. There will always be men who scoff at the Bible. You, however, can be confident when you read your Bible that God is the author, for it is written:
"We constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God's message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God" (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
