The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him (comp, Matthew 3:16 ; Luke 2:40 ; Luke 4:1 , Luke 4:14 , Luke 4:18 ; John 3:34 , etc.). The human nature of our Lord required, and received abundantly, the sanctifying and enlightening influences of the Holy Spirit. These influences were not in him transient or occasional, as in too many men, who more or less " resist the Spirit," but permanent and enduring. They " rested upon " him; from first to last never quitted, and never will... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:1-9
The coming of the Messiah. I. HIS ORIGIN . "From Ishai's worn stem a shoot will sprout forth, and a green branch burst forth from his roots." From the stock of David, now fallen very low, the coming Deliverer will arise in all the vigor of youth. Seldom does the great man come but of some pure and generous strain of blood. Like some stream which, long hidden underground, reappears again in the daylight, or some vein of precious ore, recovered after some extensive "fault," so it was... read more