E26 - Jesus in the Old Testament: Prophecies the Early Church Used to Prove He Was Messiah | Part 2

The first Christians did not have Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, or a completed New Testament to point people to Jesus. So how did they prove that Jesus was the Messiah? They preached from the Old Testament. In this episode of The Bible Says Podcast, we continue our study of how the early church used the Scriptures to show that Jesus is the promised Christ. We walk through specific messianic prophecies that point directly to His betrayal, crucifixion, resurrection, and mission. We begin in Zechariah 11, where the Messiah is connected to thirty pieces of silver, money thrown in the house of the Lord, and a potter. Then we follow those details into Matthew 26–27, where Judas betrays Jesus and the silver is later used to buy the potter’s field. From there, we connect the Passover lamb to the crucifixion account in John 19, showing why the command that no bone be broken matters. We also look at Psalm 16 and Peter’s sermon in Acts 2, where the resurrection of Christ is presented not as a later Christian invention, but as something already promised in Scripture. A major focus of this conversation is Isaiah 53, one of the clearest Old Testament pictures of the suffering Messiah. We discuss the rejected servant who bears sin, is wounded for transgressions, and is cut off from the land of the living. We also address common objections, including the claim that these passages were changed later, and why the Dead Sea Scrolls matter when discussing texts like Isaiah. Finally, we turn to Isaiah 61 and Luke 4, where Jesus reads in the synagogue and stops mid-verse, pointing to the difference between His first coming as Savior and His future return as King. This episode is about more than prophecy charts or apologetics. It comes back to the question Jesus asked His disciples: Who do you say that I am? If this episode challenges you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more Bible study and Christian apologetics, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. #TheBibleSaysPodcast #JesusInTheOldTestament #MessianicProphecy #Isaiah53 #BibleProphecy #ChristianApologetics #OldTestament