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He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
-1 Peter 2:24

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"And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,  to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. While they were there, the time came for her to have her child,"
-Luke 2:4-6

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“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”
-Micah 5:2

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The messiah must come from Judah's tribe.

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"And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you."
-Luke 22:20

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
-Jeremiah 31:31

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The messiah will establish a new covenant between God and man.

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When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
-Matthew 2:13

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“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
-Hosea 11:1

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The messiah would be called out of Egypt so that his life would be spared.

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And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,

But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?”
-Luke 1:28,30-32,34

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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
-Isaiah 7:14

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In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”  It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said:

“A voice of one crying out in the desert,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.’”
-Matthew 3:1-3

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A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 40:3

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" When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,"

"and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
-Matthew 2:1,11

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May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores
bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba and Seba
present him gifts.
-Psalm 72:10

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For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
-John 3:16

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The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them.
-Matthew 21: 6-7

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But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
-Isaiah 53:5

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Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
- Genesis 22:8

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Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Zechariah 9:9

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The messiah would be paid respect and given gifts by three kings of the East.

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The messiah had to freely choose to suffer for our sins. Willing sacrifice

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"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise."
-Galatians 3:29

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From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier.
- Genesis 12:3

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The messiah had to suffer and die in order to save us.

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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
-Matthew 1:1-2, 6

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch,
a King who will reign wisely
and do what is just and right in the land.
- Jeremiah 23:5

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The messiah had to be born from a woman who is a virgin.

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The messiah must be a descendant of the father of the jews (Abraham), so that once you belong to the messiah you are now also heirs to the promise God originally made.

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The messiah would come after a final messenger announced his coming.

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The messiah riding on a donkey, and it will be a celebration.

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The messiah needs to come from the legal, royal line of David.