Rejected by His Own People
Details
- Category
- Messianic
- Status
- fulfilled
The Prophecy
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Source
Isaiah 53:3
3e 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.
Fulfillment
The Jewish leaders rejected Jesus and demanded His crucifixion.
Fulfilled In
John 1:10-11
10e was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Prophecy Journey
1
Prophecy Given
Isaiah 53:3
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Fulfilled
John 1:10-11
Did You Know?
1
Isaiah 53:3 and Psalm 118:22 both predict the Messiah would be rejected by the leaders of Israel.
2
Jesus quoted the 'stone the builders rejected' passage about Himself (Matthew 21:42).
3
This rejection was part of the prophesied path to exaltation and salvation for the world.