Isaiah 53:7-10 BSB

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:1-12

Isaiah 53:1-12Who hath believed our report?--The Messiah referred to in Isaiah 53:1-12By some it has been supposed, in ancient times and in modern, that the prophet was referring to the sufferings of the nation of Israel--either of Israel as a whole or of the righteous section of the nation--and to the benefits that would accrue from those sufferings to the surrounding peoples, some of whom were contemptuous of Israel, all of whom may be described as ignorant of God. But to defend that opinion... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:3-7

Isaiah 53:3-7He is despised and rejected of menThe mean appearance of the Redeemer foretoldI.THE WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD IN DETERMINING TO SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD IN A STATE OF POVERTY AND AFFLICTION. 1. With regard to His being a teacher, His sufferings set Him above the reach of suspicions. What ends could He have to serve by His doctrine, who met with nothing but misery and affliction, as the reward of His labour? 2. With regard to our Lord’s being an example of holiness and obedience... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:7-8

Isaiah 53:7-8He was oppressedChrist’s sufferings and His deportment under themI.THE NATURE OF THE SUFFERINGS. “He was oppressed, and He was afflicted.” II. THE CARRIAGE OF CHRIST UNDER THEM. “He opened not His mouth,” which is amplified and illustrated by two similitudes, of a lamb going, to the slaughter, and a sheep before her shearers. 1. “He opened not His mouth.” This shows two things. (1) The great patience of Christ. (2) His great love to man, shown in His wonderful silence, even when He... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:8-9

Isaiah 53:8-9He was taken from prison and from judgment“He was taken from prison and from judgment:” Every word here is ambiguous.The principal interpretations are as follows--1. “Without hindrance and without right He was taken away, i.e. He was put to death without opposition from any quarter, and in defiance of justice. 2. “Through oppression and through judgment He was taken away” (so virtually R.V.). “Judgment” here means judicial procedure, and the rendering “oppression” is guaranteed by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:9

Isaiah 53:9And He made his grave with the wicked“With the rich in His death:”“Rich” must mean “wicked,” just as “poor” often means godly.(A. B. Davidson, D.D.)The suffering Servant given a convict’s graveHaving conceived Him to have been lawfully put to death, they consistently gave Him a convict’s grave; “they made His grave with the wicked, and He was with the felon in His death,” though He was an innocent man--“He had done no harm; neither was guile in His mouth.” (Prof. G. A. Smith,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:10-11

Isaiah 53:10-11Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him“It pleased the Lord to bruise Him:”The Lord’s hand was supreme in the business--1.In respect of His appointing Christ’s sufferings. It was concluded in the counsel of God that He should, suffer. 2. In respect of the ordering and overruling of His sufferings. He, who governs all the counsels, thoughts and actions of men, did, in a special manner, govern and overrule the sufferings of the Mediator; though wicked men were following their own... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:7

Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Ver. 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, ] Heb., It, the punishment of our sin, was exacted; and he, being our surety, was afflicted. Or, It was exacted, and he answered, i.e., satisfied. Yet he opened not his mouth. ] Though he "suffered, the just for the unjust," 1Pe 3:18 with the unjust,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:8

Isa 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. Ver. 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment. ] Absque dilatione et citra iudicium raptus est, sc., ad crucem, so Vatablus rendereth it. He was hurried away to the cross without delay, and against right or reason, a Or, as others, he was taken from distress and torment into glory when he had... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:9

Isa 53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth. Ver. 9. And he made his grave with the wicked, ] i.e., He should have been buried among malefactors had not rich Joseph begged his body. Or, His dead body was at the disposal of wicked ones, and of rich men or rulers, the Jews and Pilate, at his death. And with the rich. ] The same, say some, with wicked. And indeed Magna cognatio ut rei... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:10

Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Ver. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him. ] Singula verba hie expendenda sunt cum emphasi, saith one. a Here every word hath its weight, and it is very sure that the apostles and evangelists, in describing the mysteries of our salvation, have great... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:1-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:3-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:7-8

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:8-9

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 53:10-11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:10

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