The Suffering Servant
(Acts 8:26–40; 1 Peter 2:21–25)
Who has believed our message? Jhn 12:38Rom 10:16-171Co 1:18Jhn 1:12Mat 16:171Co 1:24Mat 11:25Isa 52:10
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 1
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, Php 2:6-7Isa 52:14Isa 11:1Jhn 1:10-14Mrk 6:3Ezk 17:22-24Jer 23:5Jhn 19:14-15
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.
He was despised and rejected by men, Jhn 1:10-11Mat 26:67Heb 12:2-3Isa 53:10Isa 49:7Psa 22:6-8Isa 53:4Mrk 14:34
a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.
Like one from whom men hide their faces,
He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He took on our infirmities 1Pe 2:24Mat 8:17Gal 3:131Jn 2:21Pe 3:18Isa 53:5-6Heb 9:28Isa 53:11-12
and carried our sorrows; 2
yet we considered Him stricken by God,
struck down and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions, 1Pe 2:24-251Pe 3:18Mat 20:282Co 5:21Rom 5:6-10Isa 53:10-12Heb 10:14Heb 9:12-15
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed. 3
We all like sheep have gone astray, 4 1Pe 2:251Pe 3:18Psa 119:176Isa 55:7Rom 4:25Rom 3:10-19Jas 5:20Mat 18:12-14
each one has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid upon Him
the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted, Act 8:32-33Mat 26:631Pe 2:23Mrk 14:61Jhn 19:9Mat 27:12-14Luk 23:9Mrk 15:5
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.
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, 1Pe 3:18Act 8:33Jhn 19:7Mat 26:65-66Jhn 11:49-52Psa 22:12-21Isa 53:12Isa 53:5
and who can recount His descendants?
For He was cut off from the land of the living; 5
He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
A Grave Assigned
(Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 1Pe 2:22Mat 27:57-601Jn 3:5Mrk 15:43-462Co 5:21Luk 23:50-53Jhn 19:38-42Isa 42:1-3
and with a rich man in His death,
although He had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in His mouth. 6
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him 2Co 5:21Rom 8:32Gal 3:13Zec 13:7Eph 1:51Jn 4:9-10Heb 10:6-12Isa 53:3-6
and to cause Him to suffer;
and when His soul is made a guilt offering, 7
He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,
and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
After the anguish of His soul, Rom 5:18-191Pe 2:24Isa 53:4-6Rev 5:9-101Pe 3:18Isa 53:12Jhn 12:27-32Jhn 17:3
He will see the light of life 8and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many,
and He will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, 9 Luk 22:37Heb 9:28Luk 23:32-34Mrk 15:271Jn 2:12Col 1:13-141Ti 2:5-6Heb 9:26
and He will divide the spoils with the strong, 10
because He has poured out His life unto death,
and He was numbered with the transgressors. 11
Yet He bore the sin of many
and made intercession for the transgressors.