Prophecies of Jesus-11

1. Messiah would spend a season in Egypt.

   
   

   Old Testament Scripture. Hosea 11:1

   
   

   New Testament Fulfillment. Mat. 2: 14-15

Hos. 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

The 13th prophecy in Hosea (Hos. 11:1, fulfilled). Next, Hos. 11:5. The prediction concerned the Christ-child and bringing Him up out of Egypt after Joseph had been warned to take Him there to save His life (Mat. 2:13-15).

When...

כּי

kı̂y

Definition:

1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since

1a) that

1a1) yea, indeed

1b) when (of time)

1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force)

1c) because, since (causal connection)

1d) but (after negative)

1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if

1f) but rather, but

1g) except that

1h) only, nevertheless

1i) surely

1j) that is

1k) but if

1l) for though

1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

Part of Speech: conjunction

Israel (Christ-Child)...

ישׂראל

yiśrâ'êl

Definition:

Israel = “God prevails”

1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

was a child (Jesus),...

נער

na‛ar

Definition:

1) a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer

1a) boy, lad, youth

1b) servant, retainer

Part of Speech: noun masculine

then I (Father) loved...

אהב / אהב

'âhab / 'âhêb

Definition:

1) to love

1a) (Qal)

1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual

1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

1a3) human love for or to God

1a4) act of being a friend

1a4a) lover (participle)

1a4b) friend (participle)

1a5) God’s love toward man

1a5a) to individual men

1a5b) to people Israel

1a5c) to righteousness

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) lovely (participle)

1b2) loveable (participle)

1c) (Piel)

1c1) friends

1c2) lovers (figuratively of adulterers)

2) to like

Part of Speech: verb

him, (Jesus) and called...

קרא

qârâ'

Definition:

1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound

1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)

1a3) to proclaim

1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read

1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow

1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to call oneself

1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named

1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Part of Speech: verb

my (Father) son (Jesus)...

בּן

bên

Definition:

1) son, grandson, child, member of a group

1a) son, male child

1b) grandson

1c) children (plural - male and female)

1d) youth, young men (plural)

1e) young (of animals)

1f) sons (as characterization, i.e. sons of injustice [for unrighteous men] or sons of God [for angels])

1g) people (of a nation) (plural)

1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (figuratively)

1i) a member of a guild, order, class

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Quoted of Christ in the N.T.

out of Egypt...

מנּי / מנּי / מן

min / minnı̂y / minnêy

Definition:

1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than (preposition)

1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of

1b) out of

1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling)

1b2) (of material from which something is made)

1b3) (of source or origin)

1c) out of, some of, from (partitively)

1d) from, since, after (of time)

1e) than, more than (in comparison)

1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or

1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons)

1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)

2) that (conjunction)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

מצרים

mitsrayim

Definition:

Egyptians = “double straits”

1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Israel, and through which the Nile flows (noun proper locative)

2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt (adjective)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Mat. 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

By night... Indicating haste, proving the visit of the magi was at Nazareth. If they had been at Bethlehem the family would not have gone to Nazareth to live before going into Egypt, as in Luke 2:39. In no place is it stated that the magi went to Bethlehem, that they obeyed Herod, that the visit was immediately after His birth, or that the star led them to a manger. All these are traditions passed on to us.

In Egypt:

After the visit of the Magi, Joseph was warned by an angel of the Lord to take Mary and Jesus and flee to Egypt. This warning was given in a dream (the second of Joseph’s four dreams: Mat. 1:20; 2:13, 2:19, 2:22). The reason was Herod would be searching for the Child to kill Him. Under cover of darkness, Joseph obeyed, and his family left Bethlehem and journeyed into Egypt. Why Egypt? The Messiah was sent to and returned from Egypt so that the prophet’s words, Out of Egypt I called My Son, might be fulfilled.

Mat. 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Out of Egypt:

This is a reference to Hos. 11:1, which does not seem to be a prophecy in the sense of a prediction. Hosea was writing of God’s calling Israel out of Egypt into the Exodus. Matthew, however, gave new understanding to these words. Matthew viewed this experience as Messiah being identified with the nation. There were similarities between the nation and the Son. Israel was God’s chosen “son” by adoption (Exo. 4:22), and Jesus is the Messiah, God’s Son. In both cases the descent into Egypt was to escape danger, and the return was important to the nation’s providential history. While Hosea’s statement was a historical reference to Israel’s deliverance, Matthew related it more fully to the call of the Son, the Messiah, from Egypt. In that sense, as Matthew “heightened” Hosea’s words to a more significant event - the Messiah’s return from Egypt - they were “fulfilled.”