As the Easter season approaches I am drawn to the Book of Isaiah and in particular the 4 Servant Songs that begin in Isaiah 42 and end in Isaiah 52/53 with the powerful portrayal of the "Suffering ...

Let’s take a look at Isaiah 52 and 53 and see what they might reveal . . . The Suffering Servant in Context. Much of the book of Isaiah deals with the Babylonian Exile, and Isaiah 52 begins with ...

Take Isaiah 53’s shadowy prophecy of the Suffering Servant. In its own context, mystery lies thick around the Servant. A disturbing portrait of travail and torment mystifies and perplexes, even ...

Known in the Old Testament as the “Suffering Servant” passage, Isaiah 53 is a key portion of Scripture that theologians say foretells of Jesus’ gruesome death on a Roman cross.

The first reading (Isaiah 53:10-11) is a selection from the text of Isaiah known as the “Suffering Servant Songs”; and in the Gospel (Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45), Jesus speaks to James and John ...

Isaiah 53: 1-12 NLT, “Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground.

It is no surprise that the editors of the lectionary assign Isaiah’s “suffering servant” passage for Good Friday. The tradition of finding in the prophet’s words an image of Jesus, crucified on the ...

In words of epic majesty, the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah, considered by many the greatest passage in the Old Testament, presents a picture of the suffering Servant of the Lord. Nowhere does the ...

In Chapters 40 to 55 of Isaiah, there are four passages known as the Servant Songs. One of them, quoted as today’s first reading, is about the “suffering servant.” ...

Isaiah 53: 1-12 NLT, “Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground.