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many justified.
B
53:12 -.
c
Divide portion.
great and
d With the great.
strong.
c
Divide spoil.
d With the strong.
C
53: -12.
e
He poured out His soul,
substitutionary
f
unto death.
sufferings.
e
He was numbered.
f
With transgressors.
j He made a meeting
place (paga).
k
Transgressors.
We observe that both the sinner and the Saviour are likened to 'sheep'
which, together with the most evident emphasis upon His sufferings for the
people, filled the remainder of the space with the wonder of His
'Substitutionary sufferings'. Returning to 52:14,15 and 53:1 -3 we
discovered that the word 'visage' and the word 'beauty' were translations of
the same Hebrew word, as also are the two words 'heard' (52:15) and 'report'
(53:1). We have set out before the reader and commend to his prayerful study
and service the structure of this glorious passage.
As may have been expected, a number of quotations are made in the New
Testament from Isaiah 52 and 53, and we will conclude this opening survey of
the material before us by indicating the passages quoted.
Isaiah 52:15
'For that which had not been told them shall they
see; and that which they had not heard shall they
consider'.
This verse is quoted in Romans 15:21 in connection with the desire of
the apostle to 'preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should
build upon another man's foundation' (Rom. 15:20).
Isaiah 53:1 'Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of
the Lord revealed?'
This passage is quoted by John in his Gospel, 12:38; and the first
sentence is quoted by Paul in Romans 10:16. John 12 is the chapter which
closes the witness of Christ in the world as a man, and reveals His
rejection.
Isaiah 53:4 'Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows'.
This passage is quoted in Matthew 8:17 where it reads:
'Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses'.
Isaiah 53:5 'And with His stripes we are healed'.
This is quoted in 1 Peter 2:24, 'By Whose stripes ye were healed'. It
is useful to note that Peter, by reason of the fact that he was writing an
epistle changes the 'we' of Isaiah 53 to 'ye' in order to apply the passage
to his immediate hearers.