Lexicon :: Strong's G4137 - plēroō

Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.

Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

Then he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

He himself took our weaknesses

and carried our diseases.

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;

I will declare things kept secret

from the foundation of the world.[fn]

“and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.

This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

“Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!

“How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way? ”

“But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[fn] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites,

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news! ”

“Every day I was among you, teaching in the temple, and you didn’t arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

“Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him.

Every valley will be filled,

and every mountain and hill will be made low;[fn]

the crooked will become straight,

the rough ways smooth,

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

When he had concluded saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.

They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

“They will be killed by the sword[fn] and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles[fn] until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

“For I tell you, I will not eat it again[fn] until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you ​— ​that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

“He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly[fn] at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

“Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to this festival,[fn] because my time has not yet fully come.”

Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:[fn]

Lord, who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats my bread[fn] has raised his heel against me.

“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled: They hated me for no reason.

“Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

“Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

“While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction,[fn] so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

This was to fulfill the words he had said: “I have not lost one of those you have given me.”

They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die.

So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing. This is what the soldiers did.

For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of his bones will be broken.

“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David foretold about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

“You have revealed the paths of life to me;

you will fill me with gladness

in your presence.

“In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets ​— ​that his Messiah would suffer.

“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?

“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”

“When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

“After forty years had passed, an angel[fn] appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.