Matthew’s Mess of Fulfilled Prophecies That Weren’t

How a gospel writer twisted, stretched, and flat-out invented “prophecies” to make Jesus look like the fulfillment of Jewish scripture.

Matthew stitched together mistranslations and inventions, turning scripture into “prophecies” that never existed.

When Christians tell you Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecy, most of that comes from the Gospel of Matthew, whose number one obsession is prophecy. He throws it around like a drunk at a dartboard, yelling “bullseye!” even when the dart lands on the wall. The problem is, a lot of those prophecies aren’t real prophecies. Some are mistranslated, some are ripped out of context, and some are just plain made up.