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Over 300 prophecies in the Bible speak of Jesus Christ. Specific details given by these prophecies include His tribe <Gen. 49:10>, His birthplace <Mic. 5:2>, dates of His birth and death <Dan. 9:25-26>, His forerunner John the Baptist <Mal. 3:1; 4:5; Matt. 11:10>, His career and ministry <Is. 52:13-53:12>, His crucifixion <Ps. 22:1-18>, His resurrection <Ps. 16:8-11; Acts 2:25-28>, His ascension <Psalm 2; Acts 13:33>, and His exaltation as a priest-king <Psalm 110; Acts 2:34>. The kingly magnificence of His second coming is also graphically portrayed. <Psalms 2,45>, and <110> picture His conquest and dominion over the nations. His kingdom is characterizd in <Psalm 72>. Events leading up to and including the first and second advents of Christ are described in the two burdens of the prophet Zechariah <Zechariah 9--11,12--14>.
Some of the main verses that cross-reference to 1 Peter 1:10 are...
Gen 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. (NKJ)
Dan 2:44
"And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (NKJ)
Hag 2:7
`and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. (NKJ)
Zech 6:12
"Then speak to him, saying, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: "Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the temple of the LORD; (NKJ)
Matt 13:17
"for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. (NKJ)
Luke 10:24
"for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it." (NKJ)
Luke 24:25-27
Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
"Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. (NKJ)
Luke 24:44
Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." (NKJ)
Acts 3:22-24
"For Moses truly said to the fathers, `The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
`And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
"Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. (NKJ)
Acts 7:52
"Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, (NKJ)
Acts 10:43
"To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins." (NKJ)
Acts 13:27-29
"For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.
"And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death.
"Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. (NKJ)
Acts 28:23
So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening. (NKJ)
Pet 1:19-21
And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (NKJ)
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