“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He 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. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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. 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.” (Isaiah 53:1-6 KJV)
Christ beaten and mocked before Caiaphas. Etching by J. Call©WikiC
“Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.” (Matthew 27:26-31 KJV)
Two remarks, from The Suffering Messiah of Isaiah 53, Page 5: “The second strophe contains Israel’s confession for not recognizing the Servant in His person and calling. In verse 1, the arm of Jehovah (also in Is. 40:10; 51:5, 9; 52:10), is identified here as God the Son, not God the Father. Verse 2 brings out the humanity of the Servant. Nothing special about Him would attract men to Him. On the contrary, verse 3 points out that He would be actively rejected by the people.”
“In the third strophe, the people confess that at the time of His suffering, they mistakenly thought God was punishing Him for His own sins (v. 4). In verse 5, the people confess that the vicarious suffering of the Servant of Jehovah resulted in their own reconciliation and spiritual healing. In verse 6, the people confess that Jehovah had laid their own sins on the Servant.”
The Suffering Messiah of Isaiah 53, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Page 5
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One of my most moving experiences was to actually walk on the original pavement where Jesus blood was splatted in the Fortress of Antonio beneath Jerusalem in the Hezekiah tunnels.
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That would have been quite an experience. Doubt I’ll ever get there. Maybe to the New Jerusalem.
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Good message.
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Just sharing God’s Word. Thanks.
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Again, good fruit from the Frucht! Thanks for preparing us to appreciate Isaiah 53, Lee, as we approach our remembrance of the ultimate Passover and the Resurrection Day that came on the 3rd day, i.e., on the 3rd day (using Roman chronology, which is defined as from-midnight-to-midnight) after the day of Christ’s burial. Of course, using the Jewish chronology, which is from-sundown-to-sundown, Christ was buried for a full 72 hours (i.e., “3 days and 3 nights”, just like Jonah). The most important detail, of course, is that HE AROSE!
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Thanks again for additional thoughts.
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