Isaías 53

Isaías 53

Clarke writes the following on Isaiah 53 - “This chapter foretells the sufferings of the Messiah, the end for which he was to die, and the advantages resulting to mankind from that illustrious event . . . This chapter contains a beautiful summary of the most peculiar and distinguishing doctrines of Christianity.” Constable helps set the context writing that "The second segment of the section in Isaiah dealing with God's atonement of Israel (chs. 49-55), after the anticipation of salvation (Isa 49:1-52:12), is the announcement of salvation. This is the fourth, final, and most famous Servant Song." John MacArthur agrees with Constable writing that Isaiah 52:13-15 is "a summary and preview of the humiliation and exaltation of the Servant, described in more detail in 53:1-12. The details cover the work of Christ in His substitutionary death, His burial, His resurrection, His saving of sinners, His intercession, and His kingdom." (Borrow MacArthur Study Bible) BEHOLD MY SERVANT A MESSIANIC STUDY OF ISAIAH - 830 pages - page might load slowly by Raymond Miller Robinson remarks on Isaiah 52:13-53:12 that ""The profoundest thoughts in the Old Testament revelation are to be found in this section. It is a vindication of the Servant, so clear and so true, and wrought out with such a pathos and potency, that it holds first place in Messianic prophecy." Recalling that chapter divisions are not inspired, it is better to read Isaiah 53 in the context of what Isaiah had just written in Isaiah 52:13-15. Below is a brief exposition and commentary on these three verses. In fact these 15 incredible verses have been subdivided into five strophes (stanzas, sections) of three verses in each section. Warren Wiersbe in Be Comforted outlined the five the stanzas writing "The fifteen verses that comprise the fourth Servant Song fall into five stanzas of three verses each, and each of these stanzas reveals an important truth about the Servant and what He accomplished for us."... STANZA #1 - Exaltation: The Shocking Servant (Isaiah 52:13-15) STANZA #2 - Humiliation: The Sorrowing Servant (Isaiah 53:1-3) STANZA #3 - Expiation: The Smitten Servant (Isaiah 53:4-6) STANZA #4 - Resignation: The Silent Servant (Isaiah 53:7-9) STANZA #5 - Vindication: The Satisfied Servant (Isaiah 53:10-12) Roy Gingrich writes regarding Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - Now we come to one of the best-known and most-valuable sections of the entire Bible. The following things may be said concerning this section of Scripture: (1) It is “a fifth Gospel”; (2) it is “a summary of the four Gospel narratives”; (3) it is “the Holy of Holies of the Old Testament”; (4) it is “the Mt. Everest of Old Testament prophecy”; (5) it is “the heart of the book of Isaiah”; (6) it is the most preached-on portion of the Old Testament, and (7) it is the section of Scripture most used to convince the unsaved Jews that Jesus is their Messiah. The theme of this section of Scripture is the work of the Servant of Jehovah (the work of making a substitutionary atonement for men’s sins. (The Book of Isaiah) S Lewis