Old Testament prophecies quoted in the New Testament. The Old Testament scriptures are quoted often in the New Testament, and used various ways. A translational note in Darby’s bible on Matt. 2 is helpful:
- To show the event, without which the prophecy could not be fulfilled; in these cases it says “that it might be fulfilled” e.g. John 19:24, 28, 36; Matt. 21:4-5.
- To show that an event is within the scope and intention of the prophecy, but not necessarily the object of the prophecy; in these cases it says “so that should be fulfilled” e.g. Matt. 2:23, Matt. 8:17, Matt. 13:35.
- To give an illustration of what was said in the prophecy, like a case in point; in these cases it will say “then was fulfilled” or “this is that which was spoken” e.g. Acts 2:16 (final fulfillment is in the millennium), Matt. 2:17, (final fulfillment will be the two tribes weeping for the ten before they return to the land).
- To bring a principle to bear on a New Testament issue; in these cases it says, “as it is written” or “according as it is written” e.g. Acts 15:15-17, Rom. 8:36. However, sometimes “as it is written” is used for (1) or (2).
A good comparison is in John 19:36 and 37. This simple distinction is critical to an understanding of prophecy. Covenant theologians make a huge error in their exegesis of these quotations, and it has resulted in incalculable damage.
| New Testament Reference | Old Testament Reference |
|---|---|
| Matthew 1:23 | Isaiah 7:14 |
| Matthew 10:35,36 | Micah 7:6 |
| Matthew 11:10 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Matthew 12:7 | Hosea 6:6 |
| Matthew 12:18-21 | Isaiah 42:1-4 |
| Matthew 13:14,15 | Isaiah 6:9,10 |
| Matthew 13:35 | Psalm 78:2 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Matthew 15:4 | Leviticus 20:9 |
| Matthew 15:8,9 | Isaiah 29:13 |
| Matthew 18:16 | Deuteronomy 19:15 |
| Matthew 19:4 | Genesis 1:27 |
| Matthew 19:5 | Genesis 2:24 |
| Matthew 19:18-19 | Exodus 20:12-16 |
| Matthew 19:19 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 2:15 | Hosea 11:1 |
| Matthew 2:18 | Jeremiah 31:15 |
| Matthew 2:6 | Micah 5:2 |
| Matthew 21:13 | Isaiah 56:7 |
| Matthew 21:13 | Jeremiah 7:11 |
| Matthew 21:16 | Psalm 8:2 |
| Matthew 21:42 | Psalm 118:22,23 |
| Matthew 21:5 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| Matthew 21:9 | Psalm 118:25-26 |
| Matthew 22:24 | Deuteronomy 25:5 |
| Matthew 22:32 | Exodus 3:15 |
| Matthew 22:37 | Deuteronomy 6:5 |
| Matthew 22:39 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 22:44 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Matthew 23:39 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Matthew 26:31 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| Matthew 27:43 | Psalm 22:8 |
| Matthew 27:9 | Zechariah 11:12-13 |
| Matthew 27:46 | Psalm 22:1 |
| Matthew 3:3 | Isaiah 40:3-5 |
| Matthew 4:10 | Deuteronomy 6:13 |
| Matthew 4:15,16 | Isaiah 9:1,2 |
| Matthew 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 |
| Matthew 4:6 | Psalm 91:11,12 |
| Matthew 4:7 | Deuteronomy 6:16 |
| Matthew 5:5 | Psalm 37:11 |
| Matthew 5:21 | Exodus 20:13 |
| Matthew 5:27 | Exodus 20:14 |
| Matthew 5:31 | Deuteronomy 24:1 |
| Matthew 5:33 | Leviticus 19:12 |
| Matthew 5:33 | Psalm 50:14 |
| Matthew 5:38 | Exodus 21:24 |
| Matthew 5:43 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Matthew 8:17 | Isaiah 53:4 |
| Matthew 9:13 | Hosea 6:6 |
| Mark 1:2 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Mark 1:3 | Isaiah 40:3-5 |
| Mark 10:6 | Genesis 1:27 |
| Mark 10:7-8 | Genesis 2:24 |
| Mark 12:10,11 | Psalm 118:22,23 |
| Mark 12:26 | Exodus 3:6 |
| Mark 12:29 | Deuteronomy 6:4 |
| Mark 12:30 | Deuteronomy 10:12 |
| Mark 12:31 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Mark 12:36 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Mark 14:27 | Zechariah 13:7 |
| Mark 15:28 | Isaiah 53:12 |
| Mark 15:34 | Psalm 22:1 |
| Mark 4:12 | Isaiah 6:9,10 |
| Mark 7:10 | Exodus 21:17 |
| Mark 7:10 | Deuteronomy 5:16 |
| Mark 7:6,7 | Isaiah 29:13 |
| Mark 9:44 | Isaiah 66:24 |
| Luke 1:17 | Malachi 4:6 |
| Luke 10:27 | Deuteronomy 30:6 |
| Luke 13:35 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Luke 19:38 | Psalm 118:26 |
| Luke 2:23 | Exodus 13:2 |
| Luke 2:24 | Leviticus 12:8 |
| Luke 20:17 | Psalm 118:22,23 |
| Luke 20:42,43 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Luke 22:37 | Isaiah 53:12 |
| Luke 23:30 | Hosea 10:8 |
| Luke 23:46 | Psalm 31:5 |
| Luke 3:4-6 | Isaiah 40:3-5 |
| Luke 4:10-11 | Psalm 91:11,12 |
| Luke 4:18,19 | Isaiah 61:1,2 |
| Luke 4:4 | Deuteronomy 8:3 |
| Luke 4:8 | Deuteronomy 6:13, 10:20 |
| Luke 7:27 | Malachi 3:1 |
| Luke 8:10 | Isaiah 6:9,10 |
| John 1:23 | Isaiah 40:3 |
| John 10:34 | Psalm 82:6 |
| John 12:13 | Psalm 118:25-26 |
| John 12:15 | Zechariah 9:9 |
| John 12:38 | Isaiah 53:1 |
| John 12:40 | Isaiah 6:10 |
| John 13:18 | Psalm 41:9 |
| John 15:25 | Psalm 69:4 |
| John 19:24 | Psalm 22:18 |
| John 19:36 | Psalm 34:20 |
| John 19:37 | Zechariah 12:10 |
| John 2:17 | Psalm 69:9 |
| John 6:31 | Exodus 16:15 |
| John 6:45 | Isaiah 54:13 |
| Acts 1:20 | Psalm 109:8 |
| Acts 1:20 | Psalm 69:25 |
| Acts 13:22 | I Samuel 13:14 |
| Acts 13:22 | Psalm 89:20 |
| Acts 13:33 | Psalm 2:7 |
| Acts 13:34 | Isaiah 55:3 |
| Acts 13:35 | Psalm 16:10 |
| Acts 13:41 | Habakkuk 1:5 |
| Acts 13:47 | Isaiah 42:6 |
| Acts 13:47 | Isaiah 49:6 |
| Acts 15:16,17 | Amos 9:11,12 |
| Acts 2:17-20 | Joel 2:28-32 |
| Acts 2:25-28 | Psalm 16:8-11 |
| Acts 2:34-35 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Acts 23:5 | Exodus 22:28 |
| Acts 28:26,27 | Isaiah 6:9,10 |
| Acts 3:22-23 | Deuteronomy 18:15 |
| Acts 3:25 | Genesis 22:18 |
| Acts 4:11 | Psalm 118:22,23 |
| Acts 4:25-26 | Psalm 2:1-2 |
| Acts 7:27,28 | Exodus 2:14 |
| Acts 7:3 | Genesis 12:1 |
| Acts 7:32 | Exodus 3:6 |
| Acts 7:33 | Exodus 3:5 |
| Acts 7:34 | Exodus 3:7,8 |
| Acts 7:37 | Deuteronomy 18:18-19 |
| Acts 7:40 | Exodus 32:1 |
| Acts 7:40 | Exodus 32:23 |
| Acts 7:42,43 | Amos 5:25-27 |
| Acts 7:49,50 | Isaiah 66:1,2 |
| Acts 7:7 | Genesis 15:14 |
| Acts 7:7 | Exodus 3:12 |
| Acts 8:32,33 | Isaiah 53:7,8 |
| Romans 1:17 | Habakkuk 2:4 |
| Romans 10:11 | Isaiah 28:16 |
| Romans 10:13 | Joel 2:32 |
| Romans 10:15 | Isaiah 52:7 |
| Romans 10:16 | Isaiah 53:1 |
| Romans 10:18 | Psalm 19:4 |
| Romans 10:19 | Deuteronomy 32:21 |
| Romans 10:20 | Isaiah 65:1 |
| Romans 10:21 | Isaiah 65:2 |
| Romans 10:5 | Leviticus 18:5 |
| Romans 10:6-8 | Deuteronomy 30:12-14 |
| Romans 11:26,27 | Isaiah 59:20, 21 |
| Romans 11:3 | 1 Kings 19:14 |
| Romans 11:4 | 1 Kings 19:18 |
| Romans 11:34 | Isaiah 40:13 |
| Romans 11:35 | Job 41:11 |
| Romans 11:4 | 1 Kings 19:18 |
| Romans 11:8 | Isaiah 29:10 |
| Romans 11:11 | Deuteronomy 32:21 |
| Romans 11:8 | Deuteronomy 29:4 |
| Romans 11:9-10 | Psalm 69:22, 23 |
| Romans 12:19 | Deuteronomy 32:35 |
| Romans 12:20 | Proverbs 25:21, 22 |
| Romans 13:9 | Exodus 20:13-17 |
| Romans 13:9 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Romans 14:11 | Isaiah 45:23 |
| Romans 15:10 | Deuteronomy 32:43 |
| Romans 15:11 | Psalm 117:1 |
| Romans 15:12 | Isaiah 11:10 |
| Romans 15:21 | Isaiah 52:15 |
| Romans 15:3 | Psalm 69:9 |
| Romans 15:9 | Psalm 18:49 |
| Romans 2:24 | Isaiah 52:5 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 50:19 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 10:7 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 14:1-3 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 140:3 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 36:1 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Psalm 5:9 |
| Romans 3:10-18 | Isaiah 59:7,8 |
| Romans 3:4 | Psalm 51:4 |
| Romans 4:17 | Genesis 17:5 |
| Romans 4:18 | Genesis 15:5 |
| Romans 4:3 | Genesis 15:6 |
| Romans 4:7,8 | Psalm 32:1,2 |
| Romans 8:34 | Isaiah 50:8 |
| Romans 8:36 | Psalm 44:22 |
| Romans 9:12 | Genesis 25:23 |
| Romans 9:13 | Malachi 1:2,3 |
| Romans 9:15 | Exodus 33:19 |
| Romans 9:17 | Exodus 9:16 |
| Romans 9:20 | Isaiah 29:16 |
| Romans 9:20 | Isaiah 45:9 |
| Romans 9:26 | Hosea 1:10 |
| Romans 9:25 | Hosea 2:23 |
| Romans 9:27,28 | Isaiah 10:22,23 |
| Romans 9:29 | Isaiah 1:9 |
| Romans 9:33 | Isaiah 8:14 |
| Romans 9:33 | Isaiah 28:16 |
| Romans 9:7 | Genesis 21:12 |
| Romans 9:9 | Genesis 18:14 |
| 1 Corinthians 1:19 | Isaiah 29:14 |
| 1 Corinthians 1:31 | Jeremiah 9:24 |
| 1 Corinthians 10:26 | Psalm 24:1 |
| 1 Corinthians 10:20 | Deuteronomy 32:17 |
| 1 Corinthians 10:22 | Deuteronomy 32:21 |
| 1 Corinthians 10:7 | Exodus 32:6 |
| 1 Corinthians 14:21 | Isaiah 28:11, 12 |
| 1 Corinthians 15:27 | Psalm 8:4-6 |
| 1 Corinthians 15:32 | Isaiah 22:13 |
| 1 Corinthians 15:45 | Genesis 2:7 |
| 1 Corinthians 15:54 | Isaiah 25:8 |
| 1 Corinthians 15:55 | Hosea 13:14 |
| 1 Corinthians 2:16 | Isaiah 40:13 |
| 1 Corinthians 2:9 | Isaiah 64:4 |
| 1 Corinthians 3:19 | Job 5:13 |
| 1 Corinthians 3:20 | Psalm 94:11 |
| 1 Corinthians 6:16 | Genesis 2:24 |
| 1 Corinthians 9:9 | Deuteronomy 25:4 |
| 2 Corinthians 10:17 | Jeremiah 9:24 |
| 2 Corinthians 13:1 | Deuteronomy 19:15 |
| 2 Corinthians 4:13 | Psalm 116:10 |
| 2 Corinthians 6:16 | Leviticus 26:12 |
| 2 Corinthians 6:18 | 2 Samuel 7:4 |
| 2 Corinthians 6:18 | Isaiah 43:6 |
| 2 Corinthians 6:17 | Isaiah 52:11-12 |
| 2 Corinthians 6:2 | Isaiah 49:8 |
| 2 Corinthians 8:15 | Exodus 16:18 |
| 2 Corinthians 9:9 | Psalm 112:9 |
| 2 Corinthians 9:10 | Isaiah 55:10 |
| Galatians 3:10 | Deuteronomy 27:26 |
| Galatians 3:11 | Habakkuk 2:4 |
| Galatians 3:12 | Leviticus 18:5 |
| Galatians 3:13 | Deuteronomy 21:23 |
| Galatians 3:16 | Genesis 22:18 |
| Galatians 3:6 | Genesis 15:6 |
| Galatians 3:8 | Genesis 12:3 |
| Galatians 4:27 | Isaiah 54:1 |
| Galatians 4:30 | Genesis 21:10 |
| Galatians 5:14 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| Ephesians 4:25 | Zechariah 8:16 |
| Ephesians 4:26 | Psalm 4:4 |
| Ephesians 4:8 | Psalm 68:18 |
| Ephesians 5:14 | Isaiah 60:1 |
| Ephesians 5:31 | Genesis 2:24 |
| Ephesians 6:2 | Exodus 20:12 |
| Ephesians 6:3 | Deuteronomy 5:16 |
| Philippians 2:10-11 | Isaiah 45:23 |
| 1 Timothy 5:18 | Deuteronomy 25:4 |
| Hebrews 1:10-12 | Psalm 102:25-27 |
| Hebrews 1:13 | Psalm 110:1 |
| Hebrews 1:5 | Psalm 2:7 |
| Hebrews 1:5 | Psalm 2:7 |
| Hebrews 1:5 | II Samuel 7:14 |
| Hebrews 1:6 | Psalm 97:7 |
| Hebrews 1:7 | Psalm 104:4 |
| Hebrews 1:8-9 | Psalm 45:6-7 |
| Hebrews 10:16,17 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 |
| Hebrews 10:30 | Deuteronomy 32:35 |
| Hebrews 10:30 | Deuteronomy 32:36 |
| Hebrews 10:37,38 | Habakkuk 2:3,4 |
| Hebrews 10:5-7 | Psalm 40:6-8 |
| Hebrews 10:8,9 | Psalm 40:6-8 |
| Hebrews 11:18 | Genesis 21:12 |
| Hebrews 11:5 | Genesis 5:24 |
| Hebrews 12:12 | Isaiah 35:3 |
| Hebrews 12:20 | Exodus 19:13 |
| Hebrews 12:21 | Deuteronomy 9:19 |
| Hebrews 12:26 | Haggai 2:6 |
| Hebrews 12:29 | Deuteronomy 4:24 |
| Hebrews 12:5,6 | Proverbs 3:11,12 |
| Hebrews 13:5 | Joshua 1:5 |
| Hebrews 13:5 | Deuteronomy 31:6 |
| Hebrews 13:5 | Deuteronomy 31:8 |
| Hebrews 13:6 | Psalm 118:6 |
| Hebrews 13:6 | Psalm 27:1 |
| Hebrews 2:12 | Psalm 22:22 |
| Hebrews 2:13 | II Samuel 22:3 |
| Hebrews 2:13 | Isaiah 8:17, 18 |
| Hebrews 2:6-8 | Psalm 8:4-6 |
| Hebrews 3:7-11 | Psalm 95:7-11 |
| Hebrews 4:3 | Psalm 95:11 |
| Hebrews 4:4 | Genesis 2:2 |
| Hebrews 4:5 | Psalm 95:7-11 |
| Hebrews 4:7 | Psalm 95:7-11 |
| Hebrews 5:10 | Psalm 110:4 |
| Hebrews 5:5 | Psalm 2:7 |
| Hebrews 5:6 | Psalm 110:4 |
| Hebrews 6:14 | Genesis 22:17 |
| Hebrews 7:17 | Psalm 110:4 |
| Hebrews 7:21 | Psalm 110:4 |
| Hebrews 8:5 | Exodus 25:40 |
| Hebrews 8:8-12 | Jeremiah 31:31-34 |
| Hebrews 9:19,20 | Exodus 24:8 |
| James 2:23 | Genesis 15:6 |
| James 2:8 | Leviticus 19:18 |
| James 4:6 | Proverbs 3:34 |
| 1 Peter 1:16 | Leviticus 11:44,45 |
| 1 Peter 1:16 | Leviticus 19:2 |
| 1 Peter 1:16 | Leviticus 20:7 |
| 1 Peter 1:24,25 | Isaiah 40:6-8 |
| 1 Peter 2:22 | Isaiah 53:9 |
| 1 Peter 2:24 | Isaiah 53:5 |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | Isaiah 28:16 |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Psalm 118:22,23 |
| 1 Peter 2:8 | Isaiah 28:16 |
| 1 Peter 3:10-12 | Psalm 34:12-16 |
| 1 Peter 3:14 | Isaiah 8:12 |
| 1 Peter 4:18 | Proverbs 11:31 |
| 1 Peter 4:8 | Proverbs 10:12 |
| 1 Peter 5:5 | Proverbs 3:34 |
| 1 Peter 5:7 | Psalm 55:22 |
| 2 Peter 2:22 | Proverbs 26:11 |
| 2 Peter 2:22 | Zechariah 3:2 |
| Jude 9 | Zechariah 3:2 |
| Revelation 1:17 | Isaiah 41:4 |
| Revelation 1:17 | Isaiah 44:6 |
| Revelation 2:23 | Jeremiah 17:10 |
| Revelation 2:27 | Psalm 2:9 |
| Revelation 21:23 | Isaiah 60:20,21 |
| Revelation 3:7 | Isaiah 22:22 |
| Revelation 7:16 | Isaiah 49:10 |