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Isa. 53:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He is despised and rejectedz of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainteda with grief: and κwe hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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Luke 23:18• ¹⁸But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this man and release Barabbas to us; (Luke 23:18)

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Heb. 4:15• ¹⁵For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart. (Heb. 4:15)

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as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us; or, he hid as it were his face from us.

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despised.

Isa. 49:7• ⁷Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship, because of Jehovah who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. (Isa. 49:7)

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Isa. 50:6• ⁶I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:6)

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Psa. 22:6‑8• ⁶But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:
⁸Commit it to Jehovah--let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him! (Psa. 22:6‑8)

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Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20• ¹⁰And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach;--
¹¹And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
¹²They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
¹⁹*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. (Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20)

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Mic. 5:1• ¹Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. (Mic. 5:1)

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Zech. 11:8,12‑13• ⁸And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.
¹²And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces.
¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah. (Zech. 11:8,12‑13)

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Matt. 26:67• ⁶⁷Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand, (Matt. 26:67)

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Matt. 27:39‑44,63• ³⁹But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
⁴⁰and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.
⁴¹And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
⁴²He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
⁴³He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will have him. For he said, I am Son of God.
⁴⁴And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.
⁶³saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise. (Matt. 27:39‑44,63)

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Mark 9:12• ¹²And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought: (Mark 9:12)

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Mark 15:19• ¹⁹And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage. (Mark 15:19)

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Luke 8:53• ⁵³And they derided him, knowing that she had died. (Luke 8:53)

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Luke 9:22• ²²saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. (Luke 9:22)

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Luke 16:14• ¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him. (Luke 16:14)

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Luke 23:18‑25• ¹⁸But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this man and release Barabbas to us;
¹⁹who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.
²⁰Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed them.
²¹But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him.
²²And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him.
²³But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.
²⁴And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place.
²⁵And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will. (Luke 23:18‑25)

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John 8:48• ⁴⁸The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon? (John 8:48)

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Heb. 12:2‑3• ²looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
³For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds. (Heb. 12:2‑3)

a man.

Isa. 53:4,10• ⁴Surely *he* hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did regard him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
¹⁰Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. (Isa. 53:4,10)

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Psa. 69:29• ²⁹But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high. (Psa. 69:29)

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Matt. 26:37‑38• ³⁷And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
³⁸Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me. (Matt. 26:37‑38)

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Mark 14:34• ³⁴And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:34)

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Luke 19:41• ⁴¹And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, (Luke 19:41)

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John 11:35• ³⁵Jesus wept. (John 11:35)

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Heb. 2:15‑18• ¹⁵and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.
¹⁶For he does not indeed take hold of angels by the hand, but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.
¹⁷Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;
¹⁸for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted. (Heb. 2:15‑18)

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Heb. 4:15• ¹⁵For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart. (Heb. 4:15)

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Heb. 5:7• ⁷Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;) (Heb. 5:7)

we hid as it were our faces from him.

or, he hid as it were,his face from us.

Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us.

we esteemed.

Deut. 32:15• ¹⁵Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:15)

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Zech. 11:13• ¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah. (Zech. 11:13)

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Matt. 27:9‑10• ⁹Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom they who were of the sons of Israel had set a price on,
¹⁰and they gave them for the field of the potter, according as the Lord commanded me. (Matt. 27:9‑10)

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John 1:10‑11• ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.
¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not; (John 1:10‑11)

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Acts 3:13‑15• ¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom *ye* delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when *he* had judged that he should be let go.
¹⁴But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you;
¹⁵but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof *we* are witnesses. (Acts 3:13‑15)

• Being who He was, such a One as He could not be otherwise, as He entered and walked through a ruined creation with all its degradation and woe. This men did not understand, since they were insensible to their own degradation, and consequently they despised and rejected Him, as the prophet here predicts. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)

• Identifying themselves with the sin of their forefathers, they will confess, not that the forefathers did it, but that we did it. This will be a genuine repentance. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He is despised and left alonec of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefd, and like one from whom men hide their faces;—despised, and we esteemed him not.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "held aloof."

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Or "suffering." The word also means, "sickness," "infirmity."