Pentecost Season · Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Isaiah 53:10-11
The Suffering and Glory of the Servant
October 17, 2027
Overview & Insights
“He was pierced for our transgressions… and with his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
Like 48:20–21, the end of the previous section, 50:4–52:12, both suggested closure and questioned it. The comment about the impossibility of shalom which followed 48:20–21 led into the new twist to the servant motif in chapter 49. The point is less explicit at the end of 50:4–52:12, but the implication is again that not all the prophet’s agenda has been handled. Everything is in place for the restoration of the community to Jerusalem and for the restoration of the city itself—but what of the community’s morale and faith, its commitment and hope, and what of its servant calling that is now long-unmentioned? Once again there is a new twist to the servant motif, and once again its implications are worked out for the city (ch. 54) and the people (ch. 55).
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Commentary
Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary exegesis of the fourth Servant Song and the servant who bears the sin of many.
Isaiah 53: The Atoning Servant Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the suffering servant.
Isaiah 53 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of word studies and cross references on the servant song verse by verse.
Isaiah 53:10 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries on the servant's suffering and vindication in one place.
Isaiah 53, Expository Notes StudyLight
Thomas Constable's expository notes on the servant who is crushed and then sees light.
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Agape Bible Study
A Catholic study of the day's readings, tying the suffering servant to the ransom saying of the Gospel.
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Why is Isaiah 53 the Good Friday reading?
The Suffering Servant, despised and rejected, bears the sin of many and is led like a lamb to the slaughter, the clearest Old Testament portrait of the cross.
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