Nowallthistook placeto fulfillwhatwas spokenby the Lordthroughthe prophet:
NowHe saidto them, "Theseare My wordswhichI spoketo you while I was stillwith you, that all thingswhich are writtenaboutMe in the Lawof Mosesand the Prophetsand the Psalmsmustbe fulfilled."
and cameand livedin a citycalledNazareth.[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughthe prophets:"He shall be calleda Nazarene."
He said,"Blessedbe the LORD,the Godof Israel,whospokewith His mouthto my fatherDavidand has fulfilled[it] with His hand,saying,
"But the things whichGodannounced beforehandby the mouthof allthe prophets,that His Christwould suffer,He has thusfulfilled.
whohave keptwith Your servant,my fatherDavid,that whichYou have promisedhim; indeed, You have spokenwith Your mouthand have fulfilledit with Your handas it is thisday.
to fulfillthe wordwhichHe spoke,"Of those whomYou have givenMe I lostnot one."
[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughthe prophet:"I WILL OPENMY MOUTHIN PARABLES;I WILL UTTERTHINGS HIDDENSINCETHE FOUNDATIONOF THE WORLD."
Now in the firstyearof Cyruskingof Persia,in order to fulfillthe wordof the LORDby the mouthof Jeremiah,the LORDstirredup the spiritof Cyruskingof Persia,so that he senta proclamationthroughout allhis kingdom,and also[put it] in writing,saying:
"WhileI was with them, I was keepingthem in Your namewhichYou have givenMe; and I guardedthem and not oneof them perishedbut the sonof perdition,sothat the Scripturewould be fulfilled.
"But [they have done this] to fulfillthe wordthat is writtenin their Law,THEY HATEDME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
"Ifhe calledthem gods,to whomthe wordof Godcame(and the Scripturecannotbe broken),
yethe hasno[firm] rootin himself,but is [only] temporary,and when afflictionorpersecutionarisesbecauseof the word,immediatelyhe falls away.
[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughIsaiahthe prophet:
He remainedthereuntilthe deathof Herod.[This was] to fulfillwhathad been spokenby the Lordthroughthe prophet:"OUT OF EGYPTI CALLEDMY SON."
[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughIsaiahthe prophet:"HE HIMSELFTOOKOUR INFIRMITIESAND CARRIED AWAYOUR DISEASES."
"Do not thinkthat I cameto abolishthe Laworthe Prophets;I did not cometo abolishbut to fulfill.
becausetheseare daysof vengeance,so that all thingswhich are writtenwill be fulfilled.
"For Godhas putit in their heartsto executeHis purposeby havinga commonpurpose,and by givingtheir kingdomto the beast,untilthe wordsof Godwill be fulfilled.
whichHe promised beforehandthroughHis prophetsin the holyScriptures,
