Emmaus Road

Leader’s Notes

Here are some of the prophecies concerning what would happen to the Messiah with the matching gospel references.

Palm Sunday – The Triumphant entry to Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16

Note: In ancient times, kings such as David rode on donkeys in times of peace, and only used horses for war.  A donkey was therefore a symbol of both peace and ancient kingship to the Jewish people.

1 Kings 1:32-40 David ordered his officials to take his son Solomon around Jerusalem on his personal mule and announce him as the new king.   

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice, O people of Zion!  Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!

Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.  NLT

Psalm 118:26-27 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you. The Lord is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar. NIV

Psalm 8:2 You have taught children and babies to sing praises to you because of your enemies. And so you silence your enemies and destroy those who try to get even.  NCV

Monday – throwing the traders out of the Temple.  Matthew 21:12-13

Psalm 69:9 Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.  NLT

Wednesday – Judas decided to betray Jesus. Luke 23:3-6 & 21-23; Matthew 27:3-10;

Psalm 41 v.9 My best and truest friend, who ate at my table, has even turned against me. NCV

Zechariah 11:12-13

Then I said, “If you want to pay me, pay me. If not, then don’t.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.  The Lord said to me, “Throw the money to the potter.” That is how little they thought I was worth. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord. NCV (This was about the price paid for a slave.)

Thursday

The arrest: Matthew 26:47-56, especially verse 56

Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.  “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.  NLT 

The trial and beatings Mark 14:53-65; Mark 15:1-20

Psalm 35:11 Malicious witnesses testify against me.  They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.  NLT (also Psalm 27:12)

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word.  He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.  And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.  NLT

Psalm 38:13-14 But I am deaf to all their threats.  I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.  I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply.  NLT

Psalm 109:2-5 Wicked people and liars have spoken against me; they have told lies about me.  They have said hateful things about me and attack me for no reason.  They attacked me, even though I loved them and prayed for them.  I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.  I loved them, but they hate me in return.  NCV

Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness –
only wounds and bruises and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil. NIV

John 19:1-3

Friday – Mark 15:21-39; Luke 23:46; John 19:31-37;

Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53

Psalm 22 is full of prophecies and describes the details of a crucifixion, 400 years before the Persians invented it. NIV/ NLT

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? Matthew 27:46

6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads:

8 “He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.  My heart is like wax, melting within me.

15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.  My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.  You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.

16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me.  They have pierced my hands and feet.

17 I can count all my bones.  My enemies stare at me and gloat.

18 They divide my garments among themselves and throw dice for my clothing.

Psalm 69:21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Psalm 109:25 My enemies insult me; they look at me and shake their heads. NCV

Amos 8:9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD,

“I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.”  NIV

Psalm 31:5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth. NIV

Psalm 34:20 He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

Exodus 12:46 Passover lamb… do not break any of its bones.

 

Burial – Matthew 27:57-60

Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, NIV

 

Sunday – Resurrection Matthew 27:62-66; Matthew 28:1-10

Hosea 6:2 In two days he will put new life in us; on the third day he will raise us up so that we may live in his presence NCV

Psalm 16:10 Because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.  NIV

Psalm 49:15 But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. NLT