Isaiah 53:1

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Key Reflection

In Isaiah 53:1, the phrase "Who has believed our message?" introduces a passage that speaks of a suffering servant who bears the sins of many. Verses 2 and 3 go on to describe this servant as a just sacrifice, whose wounds bring healing, hinting at the spiritual fulfillment through Christ’s redemptive work.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Who hath believed our report? -The main design of the prophet in all this portion of his prophecy is, undoubtedly, to state the fact that the Redeemer would be greatly exalted (seeIsaiah 52:13;Isaiah 53:12). But in order to furnish a fair view of his exaltation, it was necessary also to exhibit the depth of his humiliation, and the intensity of his sorrows, and also the fact that he would be rejected by those to whom he was sent. He, therefore, in this verse, to use the language of Calvin, breaks in abruptly upon the order of his discourse, and exclaims that what he had said, and what he was about to say, would be scarcely credited by anyone.

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