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Isaiah 53

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Isaiah 53 . 1

1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?IPJohn 12:38 · Romans 10:16CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:1TTIsaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 2

2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, 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.CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:2ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 3

3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.IPMark 8:31 · Acts 13:27CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:3ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 4

4 Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.IPMatthew 8:17CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:4TTBabylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline) · Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 5

5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.IPIsaiah 57:14 · Isaiah 57:14-21CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:5ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 6

6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.IPPhilemon 1:18CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:6TTScapegoat (Removal of Sins) · Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 7

7 He was oppressed and afflicted, 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.IPJeremiah 11:19 · Jeremiah 11:19CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:7TTDay of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice) · Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) · Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice) · Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins) · Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 8

8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.IPJeremiah 11:19CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:8TTDay of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice) · Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 9

9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.IPJohn 19:38-40CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:9ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 10

10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.IPLeviticus 5:15 · Leviticus 5:14-6 · Genesis 22:13CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:10TTIsaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) · Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice) · Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins) · Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement) · Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration) · Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring)LTSacrifice and AtonementATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 11

11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.IPLeviticus 5:14-6 · Daniel 12:3CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:11TTIsaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) · Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement) · Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration)ATNThe Suffering Servant

Isaiah 53 . 12

12 Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.IPLeviticus 5:14-6CIsaiah 52:13-53:12TOSKIsaiah 53:12TTIsaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb) · Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration) · Abel (First Martyr) · Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)LTMediationATNThe Suffering Servant

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Matthew 8:17 → Isaiah 53:4, John 12:38 → Isaiah 53:1, Romans 10:16 → Isaiah 53:1

Allusions Mark 8:31 → Isaiah 53:3, John 19:38-40 → Isaiah 53:9, Acts 13:27 → Isaiah 53:3, Isaiah 53:10 → Leviticus 5:15, Isaiah 53:10-53 → Leviticus 5:14-6, Isaiah 57:14-21 → Isaiah 53:5, Jeremiah 11:19 → Isaiah 53:7, Daniel 12:3 → Isaiah 53:11

Echoes Philemon 1:18 → Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 53:10 → Genesis 22:13, Isaiah 57:14 → Isaiah 53:5, Jeremiah 11:19 → Isaiah 53:7-8

Trajectories

Abel (First Martyr), Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline), Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice), Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession), Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger), Passover (Christ Our Passover Lamb), Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice), Scapegoat (Removal of Sins), Seed Promise (Redemption Through Offspring), Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins), Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement), Trespass-Offering (Restitution and Restoration)

Longitudinal Themes

Mediation, Sacrifice and Atonement

Anchor Text Networks

Networked Isaiah 52.13-53.12 - The Suffering Servant

Chiasms

Shaped Isaiah 52:13–53:12