Monday, September 11, 2017 - Study #28 - Be Comforted Isaiah 52

Study #28 - Be Comforted - Monday, September 11, 2017

Exercise:  Planet Fitness (Warm up: Push up, J.Jacks, Abs, Squats)
Shoulder, Bi, Tri, Back - 4 sets

World News:  Remembering and Praying for the 9/11 victims from 16 years ago
Praying for the victims affected by Hurricane Irma
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/us/iyw-9-11-ways-to-help/index.html

Ch1 p. 22
Reference Scriptures:
Isa. 52:13-53:12;  Acts 3:13; 8:32-33; 1 Peter 2:21-25

Commentary:
The prophet Isaiah wrote about the Savior's suffering and death

The view that the Servant in this passage represents the purified remnant of Israel and ultimately the Messiah.  The NT authors recognized that the description of a Suffering Servant, who "bare the sings of many" fit Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sings of His people.  This chapter's description is the most individualistic of all the Servant Songs in the book of Isaiah, and thus most clearly points to application beyond Israel.

Isaiah 52:13-53:12New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Exalted Servant
13 Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and [a]greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.
The Suffering Servant
53 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender [b]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should [c]be attracted to Him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of [d]sorrows and acquainted with [e]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely our [f]griefs He Himself bore,
And our [g]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
[h]Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But He was [i]pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our [j]well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To [k]fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the [l]living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, [m]putting Him to grief;
If [n]He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His [o]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [p]good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [q]anguish of His soul,
He will see [r]it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out [s]Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Footnotes:

Isaiah 52:13 Or very high
Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
Isaiah 53:2 Lit desire
Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by
Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
Isaiah 53:5 Or peace
Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
Isaiah 53:8 Or life
Isaiah 53:10 Lit He made Him sick
Isaiah 53:10 Lit His soul
Isaiah 53:10 Lit seed
Isaiah 53:10 Or will of
Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
Isaiah 53:11 Another reading is light
Isaiah 53:12 Lit His soul
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Acts 3:13 

Acts 3:13New American Standard Bible (NASB)

13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His [a]servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

Footnotes:

Acts 3:13 Or Son
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Acts 3:13 in all English translations
Acts 8:32-33 

Acts 8:32-33New American Standard Bible (NASB)

32 Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

“He was led as a sheep to slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He does not open His mouth.
33 “In humiliation His judgment was taken away;
Who will [a]relate His [b]generation?
For His life is removed from the earth.”
Footnotes:

Acts 8:33 Or describe
Acts 8:33 Or family or origin
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Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation

1 Peter 2:21-25 

1 Peter 2:21-25New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Christ Is Our Example
21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, 22 who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; 23 [a]and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 and He Himself [b]bore our sins in His body on the [c]cross, so that we might die to [d]sin and live to righteousness; for by His [e]wounds you were healed. 25 For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and [f]Guardian of your souls.

Footnotes:

1 Peter 2:23 Lit who
1 Peter 2:24 Or carried...up to the cross
1 Peter 2:24 Lit wood
1 Peter 2:24 Lit sins
1 Peter 2:24 Lit wound; or welt
1 Peter 2:25 Or Bishop, Overseer