Isa 53:4 | MHM | STEP | The Humiliation of the Messiah This section of Isaiah describes the deep suffering of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The prophet explains not only how Christ was hurt, rejected, and killed, but also why he suffered. Isaiah shows that Jesus suffered not for his own sins, but for ours. This passage is one of the clearest prophecies about how the Messiah would save people by taking their punishment. It also explains that although many people thought his suffering was God’s punishment for his own wrongdoing, it was actually for our salvation. v. 4 : Isaiah says that the Messiah “has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” This means that Jesus took our pain and sadness on himself. But most people misunderstood his suffering; they thought he was being punished by God for his own sins. In reality, he was suffering for us, not because he had done anything wrong (Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 8:17 ).

‏ Isaiah 53:4

The Humiliation of the Messiah

This section of Isaiah describes the deep suffering of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The prophet explains not only how Christ was hurt, rejected, and killed, but also why he suffered. Isaiah shows that Jesus suffered not for his own sins, but for ours. This passage is one of the clearest prophecies about how the Messiah would save people by taking their punishment. It also explains that although many people thought his suffering was God’s punishment for his own wrongdoing, it was actually for our salvation.

v. 4: Isaiah says that the Messiah “has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.” This means that Jesus took our pain and sadness on himself. But most people misunderstood his suffering; they thought he was being punished by God for his own sins. In reality, he was suffering for us, not because he had done anything wrong (Isaiah 53:4; Matthew 8:17 ^a).