Isaiah 53:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

People made fun of him, and even his friends left him. He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and sickness. We treated him like someone of no importance, like someone people will not even look at but turn away from in disgust.

Cross References

Matthew 26:67

Then some there spit in Jesus’ face, and they hit him with their fists. Others slapped him.

Isaiah 53:10

But the Lord was pleased with this humble servant who suffered such pain. Even after giving himself as an offering for sin, he will see his descendants and enjoy a long life. He will succeed in doing what the Lord wanted.

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord, the Holy Protector of Israel, speaks to his servant. People hate that servant. Nations despise him. He is now a slave to rulers. The Lord says to him, “Kings will see you and stand to honor you. Great leaders will bow down to you.” This will happen for the Lord. The Holy One of Israel is the one who chose you, and he can be trusted.

Mark 14:34

and he said to them, “My heart is so heavy with grief, I feel as if I am dying. Wait here and stay awake.”

Isaiah 53:4

The fact is, it was our suffering he took on himself; he bore our pain. But we thought that God was punishing him, that God was beating him for something he did.

Hebrews 5:7

While Jesus lived on earth he prayed to God, asking for help from the one who could save him from death. He prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And his prayers were answered because of his great respect for God.

Isaiah 50:6

I will let those people beat me and pull the hair from my beard. I will not hide my face when they say bad things to me and spit at me.

Hebrews 4:15

Jesus, our high priest, is able to understand our weaknesses. When Jesus lived on earth, he was tempted in every way. He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, but he never sinned.

Luke 9:22

Then Jesus said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the older Jewish leaders, the leading priests, and teachers of the law. And he will be killed. But after three days he will be raised from death.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees were listening to all these things. They criticized Jesus because they all loved money.

Luke 8:53

The people laughed at him, because they knew that the girl was dead.

Mark 15:19

They kept on beating his head with a stick and spitting on him. Then they bowed down on their knees and pretended to honor him as a king.

Mark 9:12

Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah must come first. Elijah makes all things the way they should be. But why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and that people will think he is worth nothing?

John 11:35

Jesus cried.

John 8:48

The Jews there answered, “We say you are a Samaritan. We say a demon is making you crazy! Are we not right when we say this?”

Matthew 27:63

They said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘I will rise from death in three days.’

Micah 5:1

Now strong city, gather your soldiers! They are surrounding us for the attack! They will hit the Judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.

Zechariah 11:8

I fired the three shepherds all in one month. I got angry at the sheep, and they began to hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked like a bull. (Yes, you people were fed well and became full and fat.) They left the God who made them! They ran away from the Rock who saved them.

Luke 19:41

Jesus came near Jerusalem. Looking at the city, he began to cry for it

Psalm 69:29

I am sad and hurting. God, lift me up and save me!

Mark 10:33

He said, “We are going to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the leading priests and teachers of the law. They will say that he must die and will hand him over to the foreigners,

Mark 10:34

who will laugh at him and spit on him. They will beat him with whips and kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again.”

Isaiah 52:14

It is true that many were shocked when they saw him. He was beaten so badly that he no longer looked like a man.

Psalm 88:4

People already treat me like a dead man, like someone too weak to live.