Isaiah 53:3-5

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:4

Surely - This is an exceedingly important verse, and is one that is attended with considerable difficulty, from the manner in which it is quoted in the New Testament. The general sense, as it stands in the Hebrew, is not indeed difficult. It is immediately connected in signification with the previous verse. The meaning is, that those who had despised and rejected the Messiah, had greatly erred in condemning him on account of his sufferings and humiliation. ‘We turned away from him in horror and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 53:5

But he was wounded - Margin, ‘Tormented.’ Jerome and the Septuagint also render this, ‘He was wounded.’ Junius and Tremellius, ‘He was affected with grief.’ The Chaldee has given a singular paraphrase of it, showing how confused was the view of the whole passage in the mind of that interpreter. ‘And he shall build the house of the sanctuary which was defiled on account of our sins, and which was delivered on account of our iniquities. And in his doctrine, peace shall be multiplied to us. And... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 53:4-5

Isaiah 53:4-5. Surely he hath borne our griefs Whereas it may seem an incredible thing, that so excellent and glorious, and so innocent and holy a person should meet with this usage, it must be known that his griefs and miseries were not laid upon him for his own sake, but wholly for the sake of sinful men, in whose stead he stood, and for whose sins he suffered: yet we did esteem him Yet our people, the Jews, were so far from giving him the glory and praise of such astonishing... 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 53:3

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:4

He [and no one else]. Emphatic. Quoted in Matthew 8:17 . borne . . . carried = borne the punishment for. See note on Ezekiel 4:4 .Matthew 8:17 . Compare verses: Isaiah 53:11 , Isaiah 53:12 griefs . . . sorrows. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the judgment which was brought about by their sins. of = by. Genitive of Agent. App-17 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . afflicted = humbled. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 53:5

wounded = pierced. transgressions . Hebrew. pasha'. of = which procured. Genitive of Cause. App-17 . with, &c. Quoted in 1 Peter 2:24 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 53:4

THE THIRD STANZA"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all."This is the heart of the Song of the Servant; here we learn why Jesus... read more

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