than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13
Isaiah 53
- 1Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm
of the LORD been revealed?
and to whom has the arm
of the LORD been revealed?
- 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root
out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance
that we should desire him.
and like a root
out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance
that we should desire him.- 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows,
and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide
their faces he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide
their faces he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.- 4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
- 5 But he was pierced
for our transgressions,
he was crushed
for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds
we are healed.
for our transgressions,
he was crushed
for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace
was upon him, and by his wounds
we are healed.
- 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity
of us all.
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity
of us all.- 7 He was oppressed
and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb
to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb
to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.- 8 By oppression
and judgment
he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression
of my people he was stricken.
and judgment
he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression
of my people he was stricken.
- 9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich
in his death, though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
and with the rich
in his death, though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
- 10 Yet it was the LORD’s will
to crush
him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes
his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring
and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper
in his hand.
to crush
him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes
his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring
and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper
in his hand.- 11 After the suffering
of his soul, he will see the light
[of life]
and be satisfied
; by his knowledge
my righteous servant
will justify
many, and he will bear their iniquities.
of his soul, he will see the light
[of life]
and be satisfied
; by his knowledge
my righteous servant
will justify
many, and he will bear their iniquities.
- 12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils
with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore
the sin of many,
and made intercession
for the transgressors.
and he will divide the spoils
with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore
the sin of many,
and made intercession
for the transgressors.
