Prophecy regarding the Messiah

The Suffering Servent in Isaiah

• Parallels can be drawn between Jesus's life and the suffering servent:Suffering was part of God's plan as a payoff for peoples transgressions but in the end servent wil find place with righteous as a reward.Isiah shows just man was punished and suffered for wickedness of others - NT writers believed this was a messianic prophecy and Jesus was fulfilment of it.
  • ordinary man, not of high birth
  • despised and rejected
  • pierced, crushed, chasited and wounded
  • did not protest or defend himself
  • punished for others wrongdoings 
  • death was that of a criminal but did nothing wrong
• Traditional view:
  • Jesus told disciples he must be rejected and killed (Luke 9:22) he used Isiah 53 to show he was the servent
  • on eve of his death  Luke 22:37 similiar to Isiah 53:12 - both make referance to being 'numbered with trangressors
  • words of Jesus suggest suffering servent e.g. 'For even the son of man did…