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The Suffering Servant, Despised and Rejected
Written: ~700 BC→Fulfilled: ~AD 30
Isaiah's Suffering Servant would be despised and rejected by his own people, fulfilled in the crowd's rejection of Jesus.
Prophecy & Fulfillment
Old Testament Prophecy
Isaiah 53:3
"He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem."
New Testament Fulfillment
John 1:11; Luke 23:18
"He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him... But the whole crowd shouted, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!""
Commentary
Isaiah 53 is the most detailed and comprehensive prophecy of the Passion in the entire Old Testament. Written 700 years before the crucifixion, it describes the Messiah's rejection, suffering, and atoning death with astonishing precision. The Jewish people's rejection of Jesus ("Away with him!") fulfills this verse with painful literalness.