Isaiah 53:2

The Servant grows up unremarkably, like a tender shoot from dry ground, with no outward beauty to attract people. It matters because Christ's glory was hidden under an ordinary, unimpressive exterior.

Cross-references · 19

• Phil 2:6–7Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Isa 52:14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
• John 1:10–14He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
• Isa 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• Mark 6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Ezek 17:22–24Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
• Jer 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• John 19:14–15And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Mark 9:12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
• Rom 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
• John 9:28–29Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
• John 19:5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
• 1 Pet 2:14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
• John 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
• Luke 2:51–52And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
• Luke 2:39–40And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
• Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Zech 6:12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
• Luke 2:7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

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