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We now observe that nations and kings are referred to in 52:15, and we read of them being astonished at
something totally unexpected. We find something equally unexpected after the sorrow, the humiliation and the
meekness in Isaiah 53:4-10: the division of the spoil with the great and the strong, Isaiah 53:12. These features
however we kept in reserve, while examining the remaining verses. We knew that the words `The LORD hath laid
on Him the iniquity of us all' (53:6), and `He made intercession for the transgressors' (Isa. 53:12) employed the
same Hebrew word paga, and this is noted in the first volume of The Berean Expositor in an article entitled
`Wondrous meeting places', where these passages are re-translated:
`The Lord hath made to meet on Him the iniquity of us all' and
`He bare the sin of many, and made a meeting place for transgressors'.
We have now two focal pairs of correspondences.
Servant - extolled nasa.
A
Meeting place - paga.
B
Servant - bear nasa.
A
Meeting place - paga.
B
We observed 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 therefore set before the reader and commend to his prayerful study and service the following 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 connexion 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 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.
Isaiah 53-7,8. This rather lengthy passage is quoted in Acts 8:32,33. A number of most important questions are
raised upon comparing the Old Testament original with the New Testament quotations, which will be considered in
their place. The one and most important contribution which we would emphasize here is the sequel:
`Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same Scripture, and preached unto him Jesus' (Acts 8:35).
Isaiah 53:9.
`Because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth'.