and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied.
For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”
But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
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