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Suffering Servant

Suffering Servant

Details

Category
Messianic
Status
fulfilled

The Prophecy

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows acquainted with grief. He was wounded for our transgressions.

Source

Isaiah 53:3-7

H3e is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Fulfillment

Christ suffered for us, leaving an example; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.

Fulfilled In

1 Peter 2:22-25

W22ho did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Prophecy Journey

1
Prophecy Given Isaiah 53:3-7
2
Referenced Mark 15
3
Referenced Luke 23
4
Referenced Genesis 3
5
Fulfilled 1 Peter 2:22-25

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Isaiah Overview (Part 2)

God promises to rescue his people through a suffering servant who bears their pain.

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Did You Know?

1

Isaiah 53 is so detailed that some ancient rabbis thought it described two different Messiahs.

2

The Dead Sea Scrolls contain a complete copy of Isaiah 53 dating to 125 BC. Proving it predates Jesus.

3

This chapter describes crucifixion details 700 years before crucifixion was invented by the Persians.