Isaiah 53:4-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:4-9

In these verses we have, I. A further account of the sufferings of Christ. Much was said before, but more is said here, of the very low condition to which he abased and humbled himself, to which he became obedient even to the death of the cross. 1. He had griefs and sorrows; being acquainted with them, he kept up the acquaintance, and did not grow shy, no, not of such melancholy acquaintance. Were griefs and sorrows allotted him? He bore them, and blamed not his lot; he carried them, and did... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 53:10-12

In the foregoing verses the prophet had testified very particularly of the sufferings of Christ, yet mixing some hints of the happy issue of them; here he again mentions his sufferings, but largely foretels the glory that should follow. We may observe, in these verses, I. The services and sufferings of Christ's state of humiliation. Come, and see how he loved us, see what he did for us. 1. He submitted to the frowns of Heaven (Isa. 53:10): Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, to put him to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:4

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows ,.... Or "nevertheless", as Gussetius F11 Ebr. Comment. p. 41. אכן "verumtamen", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "et tamen", so some is Vatablus. ; notwithstanding the above usage of him; though it is a certain and undoubted truth, that Christ not only assumed a true human nature, capable of sorrow and grief, but he took all the natural sinless infirmities of it; or his human nature was subject to such, as hunger, thirst,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions ,.... Not for any sins of his own, but for ours, for our rebellions against God, and transgressions of his law, in order to make atonement and satisfaction for them; these were the procuring and meritorious causes of his sufferings and death, as they were taken upon him by him to answer for them to divine justice, which are meant by his being wounded; for not merely the wounds he received in his hands, feet, and side, made by the nails and spear, are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray ,.... Here the prophet represents all the elect of God, whether Jews or Gentiles; whom he compares to "sheep", not for their good qualities, but for their foolishness and stupidity; and particularly for their being subject to go astray from the shepherd, and the fold, and from their good pastures, and who never return of themselves, until they are looked up, and brought back by the shepherd, or owner of them; so the people of God, in a state of nature, are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted ,.... He was injuriously treated by the Jews; they used him very ill, and handled him very roughly; he was oppressed and afflicted, both in body and mind, with their blows, and with their reproaches; he was afflicted, indeed, both by God and men: or rather it may be rendered, "it was exacted", required, and demanded, "and he answered" F21 נגש והוא נענה "exigebatur, et ipse respondit", Gataker; "exigitur poena, et ipse affligitur", Junius &... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:8

He was taken from prison, and from judgment ,.... After he had suffered and died, and made satisfaction to divine justice; or after he had been arrested by the justice of God, and was laid in prison, and under a sentence of condemnation, had judgment passed upon him, and that executed too; he was taken in a very little time from the prison of the grave where he lay, and from the state of condemnation into which he was brought, and was acquitted, justified, and declared righteous, and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:9

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ,.... These words are generally supposed to refer to a fact that was afterwards done; that Christ, who died with wicked men, as if he himself had been one, was buried in a rich man's grave. Could the words admit of the following transposition, they would exactly agree with it, "and he made his grave with the rich; and with the wicked in his death"; for he died between two thieves, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joseph... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ,.... The sufferings of Christ are signified by his being "bruised"; See Gill on Isaiah 53:5 , and as it was foretold he should have his heel bruised by the serpent, Genesis 3:15 , but here it is ascribed to the Lord: he was bruised in body, when buffeted and scourged, and nailed to the cross; and was bruised and broken in spirit, when the sins of his people were laid on him, and the wrath of God came upon him for them: the Lord had a hand in his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied ,.... "The travail of his soul" is the toil and labour he endured, in working out the salvation of his people; his obedience and death, his sorrows and sufferings; particularly those birth throes of his soul, under a sense of divine wrath, for the allusion is to women in travail; and all the agonies and pains of death which he went through. Now the fruit of all this he sees with inexpressible pleasure, and which gives him an... read more

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