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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:1-12

We begin our reading here because the last three verses of chapter 52 so evidently belong to chapter 53. In this section the prophet describes the completion and issue of the suffering of the Servant of God. He is first seen as exalted and lifted up, and this exaltation is put into contrast with the day of humiliation ( Isa 52:13-15 ). A description of the pathway of suffering ( Isa 53:1-9 ) follows. First, the rejected ministry: the Messenger is despised, and His report is not believed.... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Isaiah 53:1-12

The Substitution of the Saviour A Study of Isaiah 53:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifty-third chapter of Isaiah is called the Great Calvary Chapter. The chapter, however, goes back of Calvary describing both the childhood and ministry of Christ. Then in the conclusion of its message, Isaiah fifty-three passes beyond Calvary, setting forth the wonderful future when Christ's soul shall be satisfied. 1. The query of the opening verse. Before the Prophet leads to the discussion of the Cross... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 53:7-8

‘He was oppressed, yet he humbled himself, And did not open his mouth, As a lamb who is led to the slaughter, And as a sheep which before her shearers is dumb, Yes, he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away, And as for his generation, Who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living. For the transgression of my people was he stricken.’ A fuller explanation is now given of how the Servant would suffer. Not only would He face the woes of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 53:1-12

Isaiah 52:13– Isaiah 53:12 . The Vindication of the Servant of Yahweh (the fourth of the Songs of the Servant of Yahweh). Isaiah 52:13-Ezra : . Yahweh announces that His Servant Israel shall be raised to a position so glorious that, even as many were appalled at his pitiable plight, so nations shall do him homage and kings be reverently silent in his presence, beholding so wonderful, so unheard-of a transformation. Isaiah 52:13 . shall deal wisely: translate “ prosper” ( mg.) , but probably... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 53:8

He was taken from prison and from judgment: these words are understood either, 1. Of Christ’s humiliation or suffering; and then the words are to be thus rendered, He was taken away (to wit, out of this life, as this word is used, Psalms 31:13; Proverbs 1:19, and elsewhere; he was put to death) by distress (or violence, or tyranny, as this word is used with this preposition before it, Psalms 107:39) and judgment; by oppression and violence, under a form and pretence of justice. Or rather, 2. Of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 53:2-12

THE GREAT MESSIANIC PROPHECYIsaiah 53:2-12. For He shall grow up before Him, &c.Among the prophecies of Isaiah, that which is contained in the chapter before us stands eminent and illustrious. Received and interpreted according to the sense attached to it by Christians, it involves in it a striking proof of the truth and divinity of our holy religion. It does this simply as a prophecy, irrespective of its dogmatic or theological character. It is a prediction of what was to come to pass. It... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 53:8

CHRIST STRICKEN(Sacramental Service.)Isaiah 53:8. For the transgression of my people was He stricken.The general doctrine of the text is that of an expiation for sinners, made by an innocent victim substituted in their place. In the substitution of an innocent being to suffer in the room of the guilty (and especially such a being as Jesus Christ), and in pardoning and accepting the guilty into favour on that account, there appears a departure from all our common ideas of justice and propriety,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 53:8

DISCOURSE: 971OUR LORD’S TRIAL AND EXECUTIONIsaiah 53:8. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.IT has been generally thought, especially among heathen writers, that if virtue could be set before the eyes of men, and exhibited by some pattern of perfect excellence, it would conciliate the esteem of all, and be held in universal admiration. But Socrates... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:1-12

By Chuck SmithWhen men made chapter and verse divisions, they did make mistakes. The Word of God is divinely inspired; it's inerrant. But men, for the sake of helping us to find scriptures and to memorize passages, divided the Bible into chapter and verses. And it's a very convenient way to reference. However, many times they made the divisions in the wrong place, and in our reading we are prone to read to an end of a chapter and then quit until the next reading. And sometimes the thought... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 53:1-12

Isaiah 53:1 . Who hath believed our report; and to whom is (the Messiah) the mighty arm of the Lord revealed? This complaint of the servants is but the plaintive echo of their Master’s voice. He had said in the Spirit, “I have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.” But he spake not in despair; his righteousness sustained him. “Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,... read more

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