Isaiah 53, written by
the Prophet Isaiah ca. 700 B.C.
1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been
revealed?
2 For
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And
like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form
or majesty That we
should look upon Him, Nor
appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3 He
was despised and forsaken of men, A
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely
our griefs He Himself bore, And our
sorrows He carried; Yet
we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But
He was pierced through for our transgressions, He
was crushed for our iniquities; The
chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.
6 All
of us like sheep have gone astray, Each
of us has turned to his own way; But
the LORD
has caused the iniquity of us all To
fall on Him.
7 He
was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet
He did not open His mouth; Like
a lamb that is led to slaughter, And
like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
8 By
oppression and judgment He was taken away; And
as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the
living For the
transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His
grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet
He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But
the LORD
was pleased To crush Him, putting Him
to grief; If He would
render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His
offspring, He will
prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will
prosper in His hand.
11 As
a result of the anguish of His soul, He
will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore,
I will allot Him a portion with the great, And
He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.
Psalm 22:1, 14-18, written by
King David, ca. 1000 B.C.
1 My God,
my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words
of my groaning.
14 I
am poured out like water, And all
my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15 My
strength is dried up like a potsherd, And
my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And
You lay me in the dust of death.
16 For
dogs have surrounded me; A band of
evildoers has encompassed me; They
pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I
can count all my bones. They look,
they stare at me;
18 They
divide my garments among them, And
for my clothing they cast lots.
Matthew
27:45-46
45 Now
from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth
hour.
46 About
the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?"
that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
1 John
4:9-10
9
By
this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only
begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
10 In this is love, not
that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation
for our sins.
Romans 5:8-10
8 But God
demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ
died for us.
9 Much more then, having
now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God
through Him.
10 For if while we were
enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more,
having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
20
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were
making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to
God.
21 He made Him who knew no sin
to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God
in Him.
1 John 2:1-2
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may
not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous;
2 and He Himself is
the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those
of the whole world.
1 Peter 2:24
24 and He
Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and
live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 3:18
18 For
Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust,
so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but
made alive in the spirit;
