Isaiah 53:3

New International Reader's Version

People looked down on him. They didn’t accept him. He knew all about pain and suffering. He was like someone people turn their faces away from. We looked down on him. We didn’t have any respect for him.

Cross References

Psalm 69:29

I’m in pain. I’m in deep trouble. God, save me and keep me safe.

Psalm 88:4

People think my life is over. I’m like someone who doesn’t have any strength.

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord sets his people free. He is the Holy One of Israel. He speaks to his servant, who is looked down on and hated by the nations. He speaks to the servant of rulers. He says to him, “Kings will see you and stand up to honor you. Princes will see you and bow down to show you their respect. I am the Lord. I am faithful. I am the Holy One of Israel. I have chosen you.”

Isaiah 50:6

I let my enemies beat me on my bare back. I let them pull the hair out of my beard. I didn’t turn my face away when they made fun of me and spit on me.

Isaiah 52:14

Many people were shocked when they saw him. He was so scarred that he no longer looked like a person. His body was so twisted that he did not look like a human being anymore.

Isaiah 53:10

The Lord says, “It was my plan to crush him and cause him to suffer. I made his life an offering to pay for sin. But he will see all his children after him. In fact, he will continue to live. My plan will be brought about through him.

Isaiah 53:4

He suffered the things we should have suffered. He took on himself the pain that should have been ours. But we thought God was punishing him. We thought God was wounding him and making him suffer.

Micah 5:1

Jerusalem, you are being attacked. So bring your troops together. Our enemies have surrounded us. They want to slap the face of Israel’s ruler.

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I got rid of three worthless shepherds. The sheep hated me, and I got tired of them.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face. They hit him with their fists. Others slapped him.

Matthew 27:63

“Sir,” they said, “we remember something that liar said while he was still alive. He claimed, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Mark 10:33

“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said. “The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles.

Mark 10:34

They will make fun of him and spit on him. They will whip him and kill him. Three days later he will rise from the dead!”

Mark 14:34

“My soul is very sad. I feel close to death,” he said to them. “Stay here. Keep watch.”

Mark 15:19

Again and again they hit him on the head with a stick. They spit on him. They fell on their knees and pretended to honor him.

Mark 9:12

Jesus replied, “That’s right. Elijah does come first. He makes all things new again. So why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and not be accepted?

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees loved money. They heard all that Jesus said and made fun of him.

Luke 19:41

He approached Jerusalem. When he saw the city, he began to weep.

Luke 8:53

They laughed at him. They knew she was dead.

Luke 9:22

He said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things. The elders will not accept him. The chief priests and the teachers of the law will not accept him either. He must be killed and on the third day rise from the dead.”

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

John 8:48

The Jews answered Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say you are a Samaritan? Aren’t you controlled by a demon?”

Deuteronomy 32:15

When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.

Hebrews 4:15

We have a high priest who can feel it when we are weak and hurting. We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. But he did not sin.

Hebrews 5:7

Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.