Matthew 8:14-17 – We understand the verse quoted from Isaiah in light of the context in Matthew, and that is healing.
Isaiah 52:1-3 – The subject is the redemption of Israel provided by Yahweh’s suffering servant when the Kingdom comes.
9 – Yahweh’s redemption for Israel
10 – God fights for His people that they may receive salvation.
13 – Begins to speak about the suffering servant as the means by which Yahweh will accomplish the redemption and salvation for Israel. The Gentiles are not mentioned because their involvement was a mystery. The chapter division should be here, not after verse 15.
14 – “Marred” may be translated “disfigured” as it is in some translations.
15 – The suffering of Jesus would not be understood at first, but in the end every human will understand.
Isaiah 53:1 – John12:34-41
2 – Isaiah 11:1 Although He was the descendant of King David, “the” promised Messiah, he did not appear in majesty or have any physical indications that He was royalty. He was just a plain man.
3 – “Sorrows” is translated elsewhere as “pain” or “sufferings.”
The Hebrew word for “grief” most often is translated “sickness.” Of its 22 occurrences, Isaiah is the only place translated “grief.” Deuteronomy 7:15; 1 Kings 17:17; Psalm 41:3; Isaiah 1:5; 38:9 Most often, it is “sickness.”
4 – Our sickness and pain he bore, but we thought his suffering was God’s punishment for his own sins.
5 – The sickness and pain of verse 4 is connected or the manifestation of our transgressions and iniquities.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.” Matthew 8:17
Romans 4:25; 1 Peter 2:24 – We are healed because the price for our transgressions and iniquities is paid by the blood of Christ. The elimination of sickness and pain is included in the redemption in Christ.
6 – We did not deserve it or earn it, rather his sacrifice did so.
7 – Lamb John 1:29; Matthew 26:63; Mark 14:61; Acts 8:30-35
1 Peter1:19; 2:21; Revelation 5:6-14; 7:9ff – Jesus is called “lamb” 31 times in the book of Revelation.
1 Corinthians 5:7 – Jesus is our Passover lamb. Exodus 12 is a type for Jesus as our Passover lamb. The blood was the covering for their sins, and because of it, death passed over them.
2 Chronicles 30:1, 15-20
So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 2 Chronicles 30:20
1 Corinthians 11:17-30
For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 1 Corinthians 11:30
8 – Jesus was our substitute for sin, the sin offering
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin [sin offering] on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21
