Isaiah 53:3

The Servant was despised and rejected, a man of sorrows familiar with grief, from whom people turned away. It matters because the world's Savior was met with contempt rather than honor.

Cross-references · 34

• John 1:10–11He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
• Matt 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
• Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made 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.
• Heb 12:2–3Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Isa 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
• Mark 14:34Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
• Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
• Isa 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
• Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Luke 9:22“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
• Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
• Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
• Ps 69:19–20You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
• Zech 11:12–13Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
• Luke 18:31–33Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
• Luke 8:53And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
• Matt 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
• Heb 2:15–18and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
• Mark 15:19They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
• Ps 69:10–12I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
• Mark 9:12He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
• Matt 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• Acts 3:13–15The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
• John 8:48The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
• Mic 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
• Ps 69:29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
• Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• Zech 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
• Luke 23:18–25But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
• Matt 26:37–38He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
• Matt 27:9–10Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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