03-05-2025, 12:35 AM
Which if any scenes in Matthew do you consider fictional midrash?
Do you think Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Zechariah 3:8, Isaiah 11:1, and/or Isaiah 53 prophesied anything?
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/7-14.htm
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel.
Micah 5:2 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/micah/5-2.htm
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”
Zechariah 3:8 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/zechariah/3-8.htm
“’Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you,
who are men symbolic of things to come:
I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
Isaiah 11:1 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/11-1.htm
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/isaiah/11-1.htm
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch [n-tz-r] [5342 wə·nê·ṣer וְנֵ֖צֶר and a Branch] will bear fruit.
Do you think Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Zechariah 3:8, Isaiah 11:1, and/or Isaiah 53 prophesied anything?
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/7-14.htm
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son,
and will call him Immanuel.
Micah 5:2 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/micah/5-2.htm
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”
Zechariah 3:8 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/zechariah/3-8.htm
“’Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you,
who are men symbolic of things to come:
I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
Isaiah 11:1 (NIV)
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/11-1.htm
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/isaiah/11-1.htm
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;
from his roots a Branch [n-tz-r] [5342 wə·nê·ṣer וְנֵ֖צֶר and a Branch] will bear fruit.