Jesus consciously fulfilled Scripture. With full knowledge of messianic prophecies regarding Himself, Jesus takes the initiative to fulfill Scripture, not only in this passage but in many other passages in the gospels. The gospel writers unabashedly record these types of prophecy fulfillments because they viewed prophecy biblically, as the divine revelation of the plan of God to be carried out by divine initiative by God. Hence, Jesus, the Son of God, took the initiative to accomplish the plan of God revealed in Scripture, because this is what God ordinarily does.