Christians claim Jesus is the promised Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. But is that claim supported by evidence?

In this episode of Practical Apologetics, we examine the biblical and historical case that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah. We look at Old Testament messianic expectations, specific prophecies Christians believe Jesus fulfilled, Jesus’s own claims about his identity, and the role the resurrection plays in confirming those claims. We also examine the well-known probability illustration from Peter Stoner’s book Science Speaks that highlights how unlikely it would be for one person to fulfill multiple messianic prophecies by chance.

Sources referenced in this episode include:

Evidence That Demands a Verdict – Josh McDowell & Sean McDowell
The Case for Christ – Lee Strobel
Handbook of Christian Apologetics – Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli
Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics – William Lane Craig
Science Speaks – Peter W. Stoner
Hard Sayings of the Bible – Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Peter H. Davids, F. F. Bruce, and Manfred T. Brauch
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 3: Messianic Prophecy – Michael L. Brown

All biblical quotations are taken from the English Standard Version (ESV).