Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 53:1-12
The Offence of the Cross Isaiah 53:3 Galatians 5:11 Around the Cross a certain romantic interest has gathered, but what the Cross really stands for is an offence, a stumbling-block and a scandal to men. The Prophet Isaiah, with his piercing vision, saw the truth. In his prophecy of Christ he tells us that men shall see no beauty in Him that they should desire Him. The offence of the Cross has not yet ceased. Why? I. The Cross of Christ is the condemnation of the world. It was the condemnation... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 53:6
(6) All we like sheep have gone astray . . .—The confession of repentant Israel (Psalms 119:176), of repentant humanity (1 Peter 2:25), was also the thought present to the mind of the Servant, as in Matthew 9:36; John 10:11.Hath laid on him.—Better, as in the margin, hath made to light on him. The words express the fact, but do not explain the mystery, of the substitutive satisfaction. The two sides of that mystery are stated in the form of a seeming paradox. God does not punish the righteous... read more