Fast forward a few hundred years to the writers of the Gospels in the New Testament. To confirm that Jesus was the Messiah sent from God, they referred to these Old Testament prophesies.

He can be specific, as in Matthew 1:22; 2:5, 15, 17. Matthew's reference to Jesus being from Nazareth aligns with the broader Old Testament theme of the Messiah as a despised and rejected figure ...