Probability of Fulfilling 8 Prophesies

1 chance in 1 X 10^17 (17 zeros, or 100,000,000,000,000,000)

This would be like piling silver dollars 2 feet thick over the entire state of Texas and having a blindfolded man select a single marked dollar on the first try. This was calculated byh Professor Peter W. Stoner who authored “Science Speaks.” The eight prophecies used in the calculation were:

1. Messiah is to be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2; fulfilled in Matt. 2:1-7; John 7:42; Luke 2:47).
2. Messiah is to be preceded by a Messenger (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1; fulfilled in Matthew 3:1-3; 11:10; John 1:23; Luke 1:17).
3. Messiah is to enter Jerusalem on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9; fulfilled in Luke 35-37; Matthew 21:6-11).
4. Messiah is to be betrayed by a friend (Psalms 41:9; 55:12-14; fulfilled in Matthew 10:4; 26:49-50; John 13:21).
5. Messiah is to be sold for 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; fulfilled in Matthew 26:15; 27:3).
6. The money for which Messiah is sold is to be thrown “to the potter” in God’s house (Zechariah 11:13; fulfilled in Matthew 27:5-7).
7. Messiah is to be silent before His accusers (Isaiah 53:7; fulfilled in Matthew 27:12).
8. Messiah is to be executed by crucifixion as a thief (Psalm 22:16; Zechariah 12:10; Isaiah 53:5,12; fulfilled in Luke 23:33; John 20:25; Matthew 27:38; Mark 15:27,28).
(Source:  http://www.raptureready.com/featured/funk/statistics-probability.html)

Probability of Fulfilling 48 Prophesies

1 chance in 1 X 10^157 (157 zeroes!)

Professor Stoner went on to consider 48 prophecies and says, “… We find the chance that any one man fulfilled all 48 prophecies to be 1 in 10^157.

“This is a really large number and it represents an extremely small chance. Let us try to visualize it. The silver dollar, which we have been using, is entirely too large. We must select a smaller object. The electron is about as small an object as we know of. It is so small that it will take 2.5 times 1015of them laid side by side to make a line, single file, one inch long. If we were going to count the electrons in this line one inch long, and counted 250 each minute, and if we counted day and night, it would take us 19,000,000 years to count just the one-inch line of electrons. If we had a cubic inch of these electrons and we tried to count them it would take us, counting steadily 250 each minute, 19,000,000 times 19,000,000 times 19,000,000 [nineteen million times nineteen million times nineteen million] or 6.9 times 1021 years.
(Source:  http://www.raptureready.com/featured/funk/statistics-probability.html)

More than 300 Individual Prophesies

Odds would be staggering if calculated.
Some of the additional prophesies:

• Born of a virgin: Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:21-23

• A descendant of Abraham: Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18; Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16

• Of the tribe of Judah: Genesis 49:10; Luke 3:23, 33; Hebrews 7:14

• Of the house of David: 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Matthew 1:1

• Born in Bethlehem: Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1; Luke 2:4-7

• Taken to Egypt: Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:14-15

• Herod´s killing of the infants: Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:16-18

• Anointed by the Holy Spirit: Isaiah 11:2; Matthew 3:16-17

• Heralded by the messenger of the Lord (John the Baptist): Isaiah 40:3-5; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 3:1-3

• Would perform miracles: Isaiah 35:5-6; Matthew 9:35

• Would preach good news: Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:14-21

• Would minister in Galilee: Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:12-16

• Would cleanse the Temple: Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12-13

• Would first present Himself as King 173,880 days from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem: Daniel 9:25; Matthew 21:4-11

• Would enter Jerusalem as a king on a donkey: Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:4-9

• Would be rejected by Jews: Psalm 118:22; I Peter 2:7

• Die a humiliating death (Psalm 22; Isaiah 53), involving… rejection: Isaiah 53:3; John 1:10-11; 7:5,48

• Betrayal by a friend: Psalm 41:9; Luke 22:3-4; John 13:18

• Sold for 30 pieces of silver: Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:14-15

• Silence before His accusers: Isaiah 53:7; Matthew 27:12-14

• Being mocked: Psalm 22:7-8; Matthew 27:31

• Beaten: Isaiah 52:14; Matthew 27:26

• Spit upon: Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:30

• Piercing His hands and feet: http: Psalm 22:16; Matthew 27:31

• Being crucified with thieves: Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38

• Praying for His persecutors: Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:34

• Piercing His side: Zechariah 12:10; John 19:34

• Given gall and vinegar to drink: Psalm 69:21; Matthew 27:34; Luke 23:36

• No broken bones: Psalm 34:20; John 19:32-36

• Buried in a rich man’s tomb: Isaiah 53:9; Matthew 27:57-60

• Casting lots for His garments: Psalm 22:18; John 19:23-24

• Would rise from the dead: Psalm 16:10; Mark 16:6; Acts 2:31

• Ascend into Heaven: Psalm 68:18; Acts 1:9

• Would sit down at the right hand of God: Psalm 110:1; Hebrews 1:3

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