Isaiah 53:3

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He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.

Cross References

Psalm 69:29

I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O God.

Psalm 88:4

I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength—

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord is the defender of Israel, its Holy One. This is what the Lord says to the despised one, to the one scorned by the nation, to the slave of rulers: Kings will see ⌞you⌟ and stand. Princes will see ⌞you⌟ and bow. The Lord is faithful. The Holy One of Israel has chosen you.

Isaiah 50:6

I will offer my back to those who whip me and my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.

Isaiah 52:14

Many will be shocked by him. His appearance will be so disfigured that he won’t look like any other man. His looks will be so disfigured that he will hardly look like a human.

Isaiah 53:10

Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.

Isaiah 53:4

He certainly has taken upon himself our suffering and carried our sorrows, but we thought that God had wounded him, beat him, and punished him.

Micah 5:1

Now, gather your troops, you city of troops. We are under attack. Enemies will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.

Zechariah 11:8

I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face, hit him with their fists, and some of them slapped him.

Matthew 27:63

They said, “Sir, we remember how that deceiver said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be brought back to life.’

Mark 10:33

“We’re going to Jerusalem. There the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to foreigners.

Mark 10:34

They will make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he will come back to life.”

Mark 14:34

He said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait here, and stay awake.”

Mark 15:19

They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.

Mark 9:12

Jesus said to them, “Elijah is coming first and will put everything in order again. But in what sense was it written that the Son of Man must suffer a lot and be treated shamefully?

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.

Luke 19:41

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry.

Luke 8:53

They laughed at him because they knew she was dead.

Luke 9:22

Jesus said that the Son of Man would have to suffer a lot. He would be rejected by the leaders, the chief priests, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. He would be killed, but on the third day he would come back to life.

John 11:35

Jesus cried.

John 8:48

The Jews replied to Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say that you’re a Samaritan and that you’re possessed by a demon?”

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jeshurun  got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.

Hebrews 4:15

We have a chief priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he didn’t sin.

Hebrews 5:7

During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.