Matthew 4:14
So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,
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In The King James Version
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
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Isaiah 9:1In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Matthew 2:15And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.
Matthew 8:17So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
Matthew 26:54But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?
Luke 22:37For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.
John 15:25This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 4:13-18
Opening of Christ's Ministry. 12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the… Read the whole commentary →