Isaiah 53:2-3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

He is despised ; rather, was despised (comp. Isaiah 49:7 and Psalms 22:6 ). Men's contempt was shown, partly in the little attention which they paid to his teaching, partly in their treatment of him on the night and day before the Crucifixion. Rejected of men ; rather, perhaps, forsaken of men— "one from whom men held themselves aloof" (Cheyne); comp. Job 19:14 . Our Lord had at no time more than a "little flock" attached to him. Of these, after a time, "many went back, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

The rejected Saviour. "He is desvised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." He! Who? The incarnate Lord, who has grown up in childhood as a " tender plant;" who is the one "living root," while all others are the dry soil of a decrepit and degenerate humanity. I. THIS REVEALS TO US WHAT THE HEBREW CHURCH WAS . Christ was the " to u ch stone" of that Church. Its conduct to him made manifest to what a condition they had come. Think of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

The Man of sorrows. We feel that there is but One of our race to whom this title properly belongs; One who may wear it as a crown upon his brow, inasmuch as his sorrows do him higher honour than the most conspicuous success ever conferred on human spirit. It does belong to him, not in virtue of the fact that his outward career involved more cruel hardships than those ever borne before; but in virtue of the fact that his spirit was such as to make his endurance more grievous than that ever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

Man's disposition to reject his best blessings. Philip the evangelist, from this, and the connected passage, preached unto the eunuch Jesus. This is sufficient reason for our associating it with Messiah. The chapter concerns the human life, the sorrowful experience, the shameful death, and the eternal triumph of the Son of God. The story of the Christ can be gathered up and expressed in a sentence," He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:2

For he shall grow up before him - In this verse, the prophet describes the humble appearance of the Messiah, and the fact that there was nothing in his personal aspect that corresponded to the expectations that bad been formed of him; nothing that should lead them to desire him as their expected deliverer, but everything that could induce them to reject him. He would be of so humble an origin, and with so little that was magnificent in his external appear ance, that the nation would despise... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:3

He is despised - This requires no explanation; and it needs no comment to show that it was fulfilled. The Redeemer was eminently the object of contempt and scorn alike by the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Romans. In his life on earth it was so; in his death it was still so; and since then, his name and person have been extensively the object of contempt. Nothing is a more striking fulfillment of this than the conduct of the Jews at the present day. The very name of Jesus of Nazareth excites... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 53:2-3

Isaiah 53:2-3. For he shall grow up, &c. And the reason why the Jews will generally reject their Messiah is, because he shall not come into the world with secular pomp, but he shall grow up, (or, spring up, out of the ground,) before him, (before the unbelieving Jews, of whom he spake, Isaiah 53:1, and that in the singular number, as here, who were witnesses of his mean original; and therefore despised him,) as a tender plant, (small and inconsiderable,) and as a root, or ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:1-12

The servant’s suffering and glory (52:13-53:12)Just as people were startled at the sight of the servant’s great sufferings, so will they be startled at the sight of his great glory. They will be struck dumb, as it were, as they witness a sight more glorious than they or anyone else could ever have imagined (13-15).Many people find it hard to believe that God will give his servant such power and magnificence, because when they look at the servant they see just an ordinary person of insignificant... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:2

Him: i.e. Jehovah. tender plant = a sapling. a root = a root-sprout. dry ground. The "root" (David) of which He was the offspring was well nigh extinct. we: i.e. the people who saw Him. The interpretation is for the Jews of our Lord's day. The application is for us. The nation will yet say it in their confession and weeping. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:3

despised and rejected. Fulfilled in John 1:10 , John 1:11 ; John 8:48 ; John 10:20 . men. Hebrew, plural of 'ish. App-14 . = the chief men. Compare John 7:48 , John 7:49 . man. Hebrew. 'ish . App-14 . we hid. Compare Isaiah 50:6 . Psalms 22:6 , Psalms 22:7 ; and John 8:48 ; Mark 3:21 , Mark 3:30 . John 18:40 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 53:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 53:2-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:3

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