Isaiah 53

The Suffering Servant// Acts 8:26–40; 1 Peter 2:21–25

¹Who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?

• IS 53:1[PROPHECY]His own people would not believe Him → JN 12:37-38
• IS 53:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → JN 12:38
• IS 53:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 10:16

²He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,

and like a root out of dry ground.

He had no stately form or majesty to attract us,

no beauty that we should desire Him.

• IS 53:2[PROPHECY]Ordinary in physical appearance → PHIL 2:7

³He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.

Like one from whom men hide their faces,

He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

• IS 53:3[PROPHECY]Despised by men → LK 4:28-29
• IS 53:3[PROPHECY]Rejected by men → MT 27:21-23
• IS 53:3[PROPHECY]A man of sorrows acquainted with grief → MT 26:37-38; LK 19:41; HEB 4:15; MK 14:33-34
• IS 53:3[PROPHECY]Men hid their faces from Him → MK 14:50-52

⁴Surely He took up our infirmities

and carried our sorrows;

yet we considered Him stricken,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

• IS 53:4[PROPHECY]He bore our infirmities → MT 8:16-17
• IS 53:4[PROPHECY]Thought to be smitten and cursed by God → MT 26:66; 27:41-43
• IS 53:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MT 8:17
• IS 53:4[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 2:24

⁵But He was pierced for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,

and by His stripes we are healed.

• IS 53:5[PROPHECY]Wounded for our transgressions → 2CO 5:21; HEB 2:9
• IS 53:5[PROPHECY]His sacrifice brings peace between man and God → COL 1:20
• IS 53:5[PROPHECY]By His stripes we are healed from sin → 1PE 2:24

⁶We all like sheep have gone astray,

each one has turned to his own way;

and Yahweh has laid upon Him

the iniquity of us all.

• IS 53:6[PROPHECY]The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all → 1JN 2:2; 4:10
• IS 53:6[PROPHECY]God's will that He bear sin for all mankind → GAL 1:4
• IS 53:6[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 2:25
• IS 53:6[FULFILLS]The scapegoat carried the people's sins away into the wilderness ← LEV 16:21-22MEDIUM

⁷He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet He did not open His mouth.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,

so He did not open His mouth.

• IS 53:7[PROPHECY]Oppressed and afflicted → MT 27:27-31
• IS 53:7[PROPHECY]Silent before His accusers → MT 27:12-14; 1PE 2:23
• IS 53:7[PROPHECY]Led as a lamb to the slaughter → JN 1:29; ACTS 8:32-35; 1PE 1:19; REV 5:6; 5:9
• IS 53:7[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 8:32-33

⁸By oppression and judgment He was taken away,

and who can recount His descendants?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

• IS 53:8[PROPHECY]Confined and persecuted by judgment → MT 26:47-27:31
• IS 53:8[PROPHECY]He would be judged → JN 18:13-22
• IS 53:8[PROPHECY]Cut off from the land of the living → MT 27:35
• IS 53:8[PROPHECY]Stricken for the transgression of the people → 1JN 2:2

A Grave Assigned// Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42

⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

and with a rich man in His death,

although He had done no violence,

nor was any deceit in His mouth.

• IS 53:9[PROPHECY]Buried in a rich man's grave → MT 27:57
• IS 53:9[PROPHECY]Innocent and had done no violence → LK 23:41; JN 18:38
• IS 53:9[PROPHECY]No deceit in His mouth → 1PE 2:22
• IS 53:9[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 2:22

¹⁰Yet it was Yahweh’s will to crush Him

and to cause Him to suffer;

and when His soul is made a guilt offering,

He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,

and the good pleasure of Yahweh will prosper in His hand.

• IS 53:10[PROPHECY]It pleased the Father to crush Him → JN 18:11
• IS 53:10[PROPHECY]An offering for sin → MT 20:28; GAL 3:13
• IS 53:10[PROPHECY]He would prolong His days → ROM 6:9
• IS 53:10[PROPHECY]The pleasure of the Lord would prosper in His hand → JN 17:1-5

¹¹After the anguish of His soul,

He will see the light of life and be satisfied.

By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many,

and He will bear their iniquities.

• IS 53:11[PROPHECY]God fully satisfied with His suffering → JN 12:27
• IS 53:11[PROPHECY]God's righteous Servant would justify many → ROM 5:8-9, 18-19; 1PE 3:18
• IS 53:11[PROPHECY]He would bear the iniquities of many → HEB 9:28
• IS 53:11[GOD SPEAKING]God speaks again here, calling Him My righteous Servant. Verses 1 to 10 are the people telling what they saw, so they are not red.

¹²Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,

and He will divide the spoils with the strong,

because He has poured out His life unto death,

and He was numbered with the transgressors.

Yet He bore the sin of many

and made intercession for the transgressors.

• IS 53:12[PROPHECY]Exalted by God because of His sacrifice → MT 28:18
• IS 53:12[PROPHECY]He poured out His soul unto death → LK 23:46
• IS 53:12[PROPHECY]Numbered with the transgressors (crucified between criminals) → MK 15:27-28
• IS 53:12[PROPHECY]Bore the sin of many → 1PE 2:24
• IS 53:12[PROPHECY]He would intercede for the transgressors → LK 23:34; ROM 8:34
• IS 53:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 22:37
• IS 53:12[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → HEB 9:28
• IS 53:12[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 1PE 2:24