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Bible Basics
Study 7: The Origin Of Jesus

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7.1 Old Testament Prophecies
Of Jesus
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY FULFILMENT IN CHRIST
“My God, my God, why have you These were the very words of Jesus
forsaken me?” (Ps. 22:1) on the cross (Mt. 27:46)
“I am despised of the people. All they Israel despised Jesus and mocked
that see me laugh me to scorn: they him (Lk. 23:35; 8:53); they shook
shake the head, saying, He trusted on their heads (Mt. 27:39), and said
the Lord that he would deliver him: this as He hung on the cross
let him deliver him” (Ps. 22:6-8) (Mt. 27:43)
“My tongue cleaves to my jaws…they
This was fulfilled in Christ’s thirst
pierced my hands and my feet” (Ps.
on the cross (Jn. 19:28). The piercing
22:15,16)
of hands and feet refers to the
“They parted my garments among
physical method of crucifixion used.
them, and cast lots upon my
The precise fulfilment of this is
clothing” (Ps. 22:18)
found in Mt. 27:35.
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY FULFILMENT IN CHRIST
“I am become a stranger unto my This describes Christ’s feeling of
brothers, and am an alien unto my estrangement from his Jewish
mother’s children. For the zeal of brethren and his own family (Jn.
your house has eaten me up” 7:3-5, Mt. 12:47-49). This is quoted
(Ps. 69:8,9)
in John 2:17.
“They gave me also gall for my meat;
This happened while Christ was on
and in my thirst they gave me vinegar
to drink” (Ps. 69:21) the cross (Matt. 27:34)
“As a sheep before her shearers is Christ, the Lamb of God, remained
dumb, so he opens not his mouth” silent during his trial (Mt. 27:12,14)
(Is. 53:7) Jesus was crucified along with
“He made his grave with the wicked, wicked criminals (Mt. 27:38), but
and with the rich in his death” (Is. was buried in the tomb of a rich
53:9) man (Mt. 27:57-60).
7.2 The Virgin Birth
The Conception of Jesus
“You shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a
son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of the Highest...Then said Mary
unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a
man? (i.e. she was a virgin). And the angel answered
and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of
you shall be called the Son of God” (Lk. 1:31-35).
Note the 7 future tenses
No Pre-existence of Jesus
Jesus would be the Son of God on his birth; the Son of
God did not exist before his birth. Note the 7 future
tenses need to be noted - e.g. “he shall be great”. If
Jesus were already physically in existence as the angel
spoke those words to Mary, he would already have
been great. Jesus was the “offspring” of David (Rev.
22:16), the Greek ‘genos’ implying Jesus was ‘generated
from’ David. He was born “of” Mary (Lk. 1:35).
He was ‘conceived’ in Mary’s womb (Lk. 1:31) -He could
not have physically existed before this time.
The Humanity of Jesus
“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not
one...What is man, that he should be clean? and he
which is born of a woman, that he should be
righteous?...how can he be clean that is born of a
woman?” (Job 14:4; 15:14; 25:4).
Gal 4:4 But when the fullness of the time came, God
sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Diaglott : “Having been produced from a woman”. The
Saviour was to be “the seed of the woman” (Gen. 3:15).
Luke 2:52
7.3 Christ's Place In God's Plan
Romans 1:1-4
Jesus was “promised before by [God’s] prophets in the holy
Scriptures, concerning His son, Jesus Christ our Lord, which was
made (created by begettal) of the seed of David according to the
flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the
spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:1-4).
1. Promised in the Old Testament - i.e. in God’s plan;
2. Created as a physical person through the virgin birth, as a seed of
David;
3. Due to his perfect character (“the spirit of holiness”), shown
during his mortal life
4. He was resurrected, and again publicly declared to be the Son of
God by the apostles’ spirit-gifted preaching.
7.4 "In the beginning was the word"
The Meaning of logos
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the
beginning with God. All things were made by him”
(Jn. 1:1-3).
Logos is also translated as
Account, Cause, Communication, Doctrine,
Intent, Preaching, Reason, Saying, Tidings
The Logos Became Flesh
Is this John’s version of the virgin birth?
When Christ was born, this “word” was turned into a
flesh and blood form - “the word was made flesh” (Jn.
1:14).
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STUDY 7: Questions
1. List two Old Testament prophecies concerning 5. Did Jesus create the earth?
Jesus.
 Yes
2. Did Jesus physically exist before his birth? No
Yes / No
 
3. In what sense can Jesus be said to have existed 6. What do you understand by John
before his birth?
As an Angel
1:1-3 "In the beginning was the
As part of a trinity word?"
As a spirit 
Only in the mind and purpose of God.
 What does it not mean?

4. Which of the following statements are true 
about Mary?
7. Why do you think it is important
She was a perfect, sinless woman
She was an ordinary woman to be certain about whether Jesus
She was made pregnant with Jesus by the Holy Spirit existed physically before his birth?
She now offers our prayers to Jesus.

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