JESUS CHRIST IN ISAIAH 53
Twenty prophecies in Isaiah 53 were fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ.
These facts were prophesied by the Prophet Isaiah over 700 years beforehand.
They were fulfilled to the letter by Christ during his earthly ministry.The numbers in parentheses within the text indicate the various prophecies.
The New Testament fulfillments are shown after the Isaiah passage.
Isaiah 53:3-12
"He is despised and rejected of men (1); a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief (2): and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised (3), and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows (4): yet we did esteem him stricken (5), smitten of God (6), and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions (7), he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (8). All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (9). He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth (10): he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter (11), and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living (12): for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked (13), and with the rich in his death (14); because he had done no violence (15), neither was any deceit in his mouth (16). Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin (17), he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days (18), and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities (19). Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (20)"
NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENTS:
1. Despised and rejected of men.
Fulfillment: Luke 23:35:
"And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God."
2. Acquainted with grief.
Fulfillment: Luke 22:44:
"And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
3. The Apostles hid their faces from him; he was despised.
Fulfillment: Matthew 26:69-72:
"Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man." (cf. Mark 14:50: "And they all forsook him, and fled.")
4. He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Fulfillment: Matthew 8:16-17:
"When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."
5. We did esteem him stricken.
Fulfillment: Luke 22:64:
"And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?"
6. He was smitten of God.
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:46:
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
7. He was wounded for our transgressions.
Fulfillment: John 19:34:
"But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."
8. By His stripes we would be healed.
Fulfillment: 1 Peter 2:24:
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
9. The the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Fulfillment: 1 Peter 3:1:
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."
10. He opened not his mouth.
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:12:
"And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing."
11. He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter.
Fulfillment: 1 Pet 1:19:
"But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."
12. He was cut off out of the land of the living.
Fulfillment: Mark 15:37:
"And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost."
13. He made his grave with the wicked.
Fulfillment: Mark 15:27:
"And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left."
14. He made his grave with the rich in his death.
Fulfillment Matthew 27:57-60:
"When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed."
15. He had done no violence.
Fulfillment: Matthew 26:52:
"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword."
16. No deceit was in his mouth.
Fulfillment: Ephesians 4:21:
"If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus."
17. It pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.
Fulfillment: Matthew 26:39:
"And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
18. He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days.
Fulfillment: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4:
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
19. He justified many; for he bore their iniquities.
Fulfillment: Hebrew 9:28:
"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
20. The Messiah would make intercession for His transgressors.
Fulfillment: Luke 23:33-34:
"And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots." (cf. Heb 7:25: "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.")
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