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
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
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
22ho did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Prophecy Journey
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God promises to rescue his people through a suffering servant who bears their pain.
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Did You Know?
Isaiah 53 is so detailed that some ancient rabbis thought it described two different Messiahs.
The Dead Sea Scrolls contain a complete copy of Isaiah 53 dating to 125 BC. Proving it predates Jesus.
This chapter describes crucifixion details 700 years before crucifixion was invented by the Persians.