Isaiah 53 · a question people ask

Does the servant die in this chapter? And what comes after?

In the text

The chapter says he "was cut off out of the land of the living" (53:8), that "They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death" (53:9), and that "he poured out his soul to death" (53:12). It also says, "he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days" (53:10), "After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied" (53:11), and "Therefore I will give him a portion with the great" (53:12). The chapter doesn't say how both are so, and these notes don't say it for the chapter. Paul writes "that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3), "that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:4), and doesn't say there which Scriptures he means.

The verses

“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 · World English Bible

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Isaiah 53: He bore the sins of many

The New Testament gives words from this chapter, from its first verse to its last, as it speaks of Jesus: 53:1 in John, 53:4 in Matthew, 53:7-8 in Acts, 53:9 in 1 Peter and 53:12 in Mark. In Hebrew the WEB's "laid on him" (Isaiah 53:6) and "made intercession" (Isaiah 53:12) are one verb, and 53:6 begins and ends with one word, kullanu.

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