[[Isa-53]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Isa-52]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Isa-54]] --- ### He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy describes a figure who would be marginalized, rejected by society, and held in low regard despite his mission. *Historical context*: This is widely recognized as being fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth, who was rejected by the religious authorities of his time and eventually by the crowds in Jerusalem, leading to his trial and execution ([[John-01#v11|John 1:11]], [[Matt-27#v22|Matthew 27:22]]). *Related to*: ### But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the servant would suffer physical piercing and lethal wounding as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of others. *Historical context*: Historians and theologians point to the crucifixion of Jesus under Pontius Pilate, specifically the piercing of his hands and feet with nails and his side with a Roman spear ([[John-19#v34|John 19:34]]). *Related to*: ### He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn't open his mouth. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy foretells that the subject would remain silent and offer no legal defense during his trial and oppression. *Historical context*: This was fulfilled during the trial of Jesus, where the New Testament records that he 'gave no answer' to the accusations made by the chief priests or to the questioning of Pontius Pilate ([[Matt-27#v12|Matthew 27:12]]-14). *Related to*: ### They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy predicts a specific irony: the figure would be intended for a criminal's burial but would instead be buried with the wealthy. *Historical context*: Jesus was executed between two criminals (the 'wicked'), but historical accounts in the Gospels state that Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy member of the Sanhedrin, took the body and placed it in his own expensive, rock-hewn tomb ([[Matt-27#v57|Matthew 27:57]]-60). *Related to*: ### because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy states the servant would be officially categorized or executed alongside lawbreakers and would pray for those responsible for his suffering. *Historical context*: Jesus was crucified between two thieves (transgressors) and is recorded as praying, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do' ([[Luke-23#v33|Luke 23:33]]-34), fulfilling both the numbering with criminals and the intercession. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy