Do the math
What are the odds?
Take the ten that were out of his control. In 1958, Peter Stoner, a professor of mathematics and astronomy, worked through estimates like these with his students and put the odds of one man fulfilling just eight such prophecies at 1 in 1017. Even his grandson now says those estimates need rechecking. So set your own: how likely is each one to happen by coincidence?
Chance of each one by coincidence:
Ten billion to one: more than the number of people alive on Earth today.
1 in 2 (a coin flip): 1 in 1,024. Like calling ten coin flips in a row. And being born in one small town is far less likely than a coin flip.
1 in 100: 1 in 1020. A hundred billion billion to one.
1 in 1,000: 1 in 1030. A million times more than all the stars in the observable universe.
This treats the ten as independent, and critics argue the Gospel writers shaped some details. Be as skeptical as you like with the numbers: the odds still stack up fast. Jesus put it more simply: “Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”