In Luke 7.18-23, John the Baptist is in prison and wondering if Jesus really is the Christ, since the new kingdom seems to be progressing slowly.  John sends his disciples to ask Jesus if he is the one who is to come. Jesus’s responds, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard:”

–          The blind receive their sight

–          The lame walk

–          Lepers are cleansed

–          The deaf hear

–          The dead are raised

–          The poor have good news preached to them

–          Blessed is the one who is not offended by me

These miracles are fulfillments of Old Testament predictions.  See Isaiah 29.18-19, 35.5-6 and 8.14.  Jesus validates his ministry by the words of scripture.