John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:1
Who hath believed our report ?.... Or "hearing" F1 לשמעתנו , τη ακοη ημων , Sept.; "auditui nostro", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius. . Not what we hear, but others hear from us; the doctrine of the Gospel, which is a report of the love, grace, and mercy of God in Christ; of Christ himself, his person, offices, obedience, sufferings, and death, and of free and full salvation by him: it is a good report, a true and faithful one, and to be believed, and yet there are always but... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:1-3
The prophet, in the close of the former chapter, had foreseen and foretold the kind reception which the gospel of Christ should find among the Gentiles, that nations and their kings should bid it welcome, that those who had not seen him should believe in him; and though they had not any prophecies among them of gospel grace, which might raise their expectations, and dispose them to entertain it, yet upon the first notice of it they should give it its due weight and consideration. Now here he... read more