Esaias

Also known as: Esaias the prophet · Family: prophets · Role: prophet · First appears: Matthew 3

In Matthew 3, John the Baptist is linked with Esaias through the prophecy of a voice crying in the wilderness to prepare the Lord’s way. In Matthew 8, Esaias’s prophecy is presented as fulfilled in Jesus, who took infirmities and bore sicknesses. In Matthew 13, Jesus says Esaias’s prophecy is fulfilled among those who see and hear without understanding: “By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.”

In Mark 7, Jesus identifies the Pharisees as hypocrites fulfilling Esaias’s prophecy. In Acts 28, Paul says, “Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,” as Holy Ghost reveals that God’s salvation will be sent to the Gentiles. In Romans 15, Esaias prophesies that Jesus, the root of Jesse, will rise to reign over the Gentiles, in whom the Gentiles will trust.

Relationship record

Life events

• Jesus identifies Esaias’s prophecy as fulfilled among those who refuse to understand.(Matthew 13)
  • With: Jesus
  • “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias”
• Jesus identifies the Pharisees as hypocrites fulfilling Esaias’s prophecy.(Mark 7)
  • With: Jesus
  • “Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”
• The Holy Ghost revealed that God's salvation would be sent to the Gentiles.(Acts 28)
  • With: Holy Ghost God
  • “Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.”
• Esaias prophesied that Jesse’s root would rise to reign over the Gentiles.(Romans 15)
  • With: Jesus
  • “And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.”

Matthew 3

• with John the Baptist (Esaias prophesied of John.) “For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”

Matthew 8

• with Jesus (Jesus's healing is presented as fulfilling Esaias's prophecy.) “When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”

Matthew 13

• with Jesus (Jesus invokes the fulfillment of Esaias's prophecy.) “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:”

Matthew 15

• with Jesus (Jesus cites Esaias's prophecy.) “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,”

John 12

• with Jesus (Esaias spoke of Jesus.) “These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.”

Acts 28

• with Paul (Paul cited Esaias's prophecy.) “Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,”
• with Holy Ghost (The Holy Ghost spoke through Esaias.) “Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,”

Romans 15

• with Jesus (Esaias prophesies of the Messiah, identified in the surrounding passage as Jesus Christ.) “And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.”

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Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.