Isaiah 53:4
+ 53:4 a MP: Messiah bears (removes, heals) our “diseases, sickness, sorrows”. (Matt 8:16-17, 9:35) Surely he has borne our sickness, + 53:4. Quoted in Matt 8:17; 1 Pet 2:24 2 and carried our suffering; 1 + 53:4 b MP: Messiah perceived to be cursed by God. (See also Ps 22:1b, 118:17-18). (Matt 27:41-44; John 19:7) yet we considered him plagued, 2 + 53:4. MPr: The Messiah bears the name of “Leprous” or “Leper Scholar” as it says, “smitten by God” (Is 53:4). (Talmud Sanhedrin 98B on Isaiah 53). (Luke 5:12-14; Mark 1:40-44, 2:15-17) struck by God, and afflicted. 1
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Numbers 7:45one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Psalms 69:26For they persecute him whom you have wounded. 2 They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. 1
Isaiah 53:5+ 53:5 a MP: Messiah is “pierced / wounded for our transgressions”. Note: There is no Bible punishment or law for death that specifically involves piercing; stoning or banishment is more common. (Matt 20:28; John 19:34; Rom 4:25) But he was pierced for our rebellious breaches of relationships. 2 + 53:5 b MP: Messiah bears and carries the sins of others. (1 Pet 2:24) He was crushed for our depravities (moral evils). 1 + 53:5 c MP: Messiah’s chastening brings us peace (with God). Implied by the context, this peace is in relationship with our Creator not other humans. (Rom 4:25; 5:15-18; Col 1:20) The punishment that brought our peace was on him; 2 + 53:5 d MP: “By his stripes we are healed / made whole.” Messiah’s atonement brings wholeness and healing to those in association with him. (This healing could be physical, spiritual or both). (Matt 8:16-17; John 17:17-19; 1 Pet 2:24) and by his stripes and wounds we are healed and made whole. + 53:5. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:24 1
Matthew 8:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.” + 8:17. Quoted from Is 53:4
John 19:7+ 19:7. MP: Messiah perceived to be cursed by God. (See also Ps 22:1, 118:17-18). (Is 53:4b) The Jews answered him, “We have a law (of God), + 19:7 Note: This law that justifies Yeshua being put to death could be (Lev 24:16) about blasphemy or (Deut 18:20) about a prophet speaking in God’s name falsely. Both shall be put to death, according to God’s command. (Read in full context of Deut ch 13 and Deut 18:9-22). and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Ben-Elohim ·Son of Elohim God·.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 53:2-4
The Humiliation of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 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. 3 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. The prophet, in the close of the… Read the whole commentary →