Isaiah 53:1
Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 51:9Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
Isaiah 59:16And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
John 1:7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
John 12:38So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?
Romans 10:16But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 53:1
The two great things which the Spirit of Christ in the Old-Testament prophets testified beforehand were the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow, 1 Pet. i. 11 . And that which Christ himself, when he expounded Moses and all the prophets, showed to be the drift and scope of them all was that Christ ought to suffer and then to enter into his glory, Luke xxiv. 26, 27 . But nowhere in all the Old-Testament are these two so plainly and fully prophesied of as here in this chapter, out of which divers… Read the whole commentary →