Bible Book OrderIsaiah 41 Matthew
The following is a map between Isaiah 41 and the book of Matthew. The key matches are God With Us, Herod Dies, John's Speech, Jesus' Wilderness Fast and Great Light.
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13 Isaiah 41:1
1Keep silent, islands; and let the people renew their strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let them come near together to judgment.
*The first four matches on this page may change once the names in Jesus' genealogy are translated. Until then we don't have much storyline to match these verses against, though the next two matches do provide a rough map for now.
Babylon
13 Isaiah 41:2-3
2Who has stirred up the righteous one from the east, and hurried him on? The nations will surrender before him, and kings will be confounded. He gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.
3He will pursue them, then make peace; and he will not pass that way on foot.
41 Matthew 1:11
11Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers, about the captivity of Babylon.
Jesus
13 Isaiah 41:4
4Who has prepared and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahvah, the first and the last; I am he.
41 Matthew 1:16
16Jacob begot Joseph the father of Mary, from whom is begotten Jesus, who is called Messiah.
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13 Isaiah 41:5-7
5The islands saw it, and were afraid; and the ends of the land were afraid, and they drew near and came.
6Each helped his neighbor; and each said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7The carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer, him who strikes the anvil saying, It is ready for the soldering; and they fasten it with nails, that it should not be moved.
*This might match something in the genealogy once it's translated.
Seed of Abraham
13 Isaiah 41:8-9
8But now, Israel, you are my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the sons of Abraham my friend, whom I have strengthened.
9I have called you from the ends of the land and from among the prophets, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and have not rejected you;
41 Matthew 1:17
17Therefore all the generations from Abraham down to David are 14 generations; and from David down to the Babylonian captivity are 14 generations; and from the Babylonian captivity down to Messiah, are 14 generations.
God With Us
13 Isaiah 41:10
10do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I have strengthened you, and have also helped you, yes, I will also uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
41 Matthew 1:22-23
22All this happened, that what was spoken from Master by the prophet might be fulfilled,
23Look, a virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel, which is interpreted, God with us.
Herod Dies
13 Isaiah 41:11-14
11All those who disgrace you will be ashamed and confounded; they will be as nothing; and those who strive with you will perish.
12You will seek those who strive with you, but you will not find them; those who war against you will be as if they were nothing.
13For I am Yahvah your God, the strengthener of your right hand. I have said to you, Do not fear; I am your helper.
14Do not fear, helpless men of Jacob, remnant of Israel. I am your helper, says Yahvah, and your Savior, the Holy One of Israel.
41 Matthew 2:13-15
13When they had gone, the angel of Master appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him, Arise, take the infant boy and his mother, and escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is ready to demand the child to destroy him.
14Then Joseph rose up, took the infant boy and his mother in the night, and escaped to Egypt.
15And he remained there until the death of Herod, so that what was said from Master by the prophet, might be fulfilled, I have called my son from Egypt.
John's Speech
13 Isaiah 41:15-16
15Look, I have made you as a new threshing instrument, a lord of teeth; a thing which tears and crushes to pieces; you will thresh the mountains and beat them small, and will make the hills as chaff.
16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them; and you will rejoice in Yahvah and will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
41 Matthew 3:11-12
11I am baptizing you with water for repentance; but he who is coming after me is greater than I, the one whose shoes I am not even worthy to remove; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
12whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he purifies his threshings; the wheat he gathers into his barns, and the straw he burns up in the unquenchable fire.
Jesus' Wilderness Fast
13 Isaiah 41:17-20
17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is dried with thirst, I, Yahvah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers in the mountains and fountains in the middle of the valleys; I will make the wilderness pools of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19I will plant in the wilderness the cedars, the acacia tree, the myrtle, and the olive tree; I will set in the desert the cypress and the pine and the box tree together;
20that they may see and know and consider and understand that the hand of Yahvah has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
41 Matthew 4:1-2
1Then Jesus was carried away by the Holy Spirit, into the wilderness, to be tempted by the adversary.
2So he fasted 40 days and 40 nights; but at last, he was hungry.
1st Temptation
13 Isaiah 41:21
21Bring near your cause says Yahvah; bring near your counsels says the King of Jacob.
41 Matthew 4:3-4
3And the tempter drew near and said to him, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.
4But he answered and said, It is written, that it is not by bread alone that man can live, but by every word which comes from the mouth of God.
2nd Temptation
13 Isaiah 41:22-23
22Let them come near and show us the things that are to come; show us the former things, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us the things that are to come.
23Show us the wonders that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good, or do evil, that we may relate it and look at it together.
41 Matthew 4:5-7
5Then the adversary took him to the holy city, and he made him to stand up on the pinnacle of the temple.
6And he said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, that he will command his angels concerning you, and they will bear you up on their hands, so that even your foot may not strike a stone.
7Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, that you will not tempt Master your God.
3rd Temptation
13 Isaiah 41:24
24Look, you are nothing, and your works are corrupt; choosing you is an abomination.
41 Matthew 4:8-10
8Again, the adversary took him to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9And he said to him, All of these I will give to you, if you will fall down and worship me.
10Then Jesus said to him, Go away, accuser, for it is written, You will worship Master your God, and you will serve him only.
Great Light
13 Isaiah 41:25-26
25I have stirred up one from the north, and he will come from the rising of the sun, and will call on my name; and the princes will come, and will be trampled down like mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
26Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, He is righteous? Yes, there is no one who shows, yes, there is no one who declares, yes, there is no one who hears your words.
41 Matthew 4:12-16
12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee.
13And he left Nazareth, and came and settled in Capernaum, by the seaside, inside the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14so that it might be fulfilled, which was said by the prophet Isaiah, who said,
15Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
16the people who lived in darkness saw a great light, and those who settled in the country and in the middle of the shadows of death, light shone on them.
Good Tidings
13 Isaiah 41:27
27These things are the chief concern of Zion; look, I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good news.
41 Matthew 4:17
17From that time, Jesus began to preach and say, Repent, for the kingdom of the skies has come near.
Follow Me
13 Isaiah 41:28-29
28For I looked, but there was no man who could meditate about these things, that I might ask him, and that he might give me an answer.
29Look, they are all nothing; their works are vanity; their images are wind and vanity.
41 Matthew 4:18-22
18And while he was walking by the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw 2 brothers, Simon who was called Peter and his brother Andrew, who were casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19And Jesus said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20So they immediately left their nets and went after him.
21And when he left that place, he saw 2 other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a ship with Zebedee their father, repairing their nets; and Jesus called them.
22So they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.