Isaiah 53: Jesus Christ the ‘Man of Sorrows’
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There may be no greater prophetic picture of the coming Messiah than Isaiah 53. The passage describes Jesus Christ as the “Man of Sorrows” and was written 500 years before Jesus’ birth. The chapter is 12 verses long and describes Jesus Christ as rejected, despised and acquainted with our grief and suffering and then reveals how Jesus Christ bore the sins of the world and saves those whom He makes intercession for. The chapter reads as follows in the King James Version.
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Isaiah 53: King James Version (Public Domain)
1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
The chapter is rife with prophesy and depicts Jesus Christ and the crucifixion. The phrase, “Man of Sorrows” is in verse 3 where it describes Jesus Christ the person. In verses 4-9, there is a full prophecy of the sufferings Jesus Christ will experience. Isaiah 53 reveals the plan of salvation, that Jesus Christ will suffer on the cross of Calvary and bear in His own divine body the sins of the world. Verse 10 specifically reveals that Jesus Christ died for the sins of mankind. Verses 11 and 12 speak of the inheritance that Christ will receive through the saving of those whom are forgiven by his sacrifice.
Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? He bore the sins of the world on the cross of Calvary and is ready to make intercession for those who call upon His name. Isaiah 53:6 clearly states that every man and woman is a sinner and that we have all gone astray. It is only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on Calvary that man can be saved.
Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved.
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