Isaías 53

Isaías 53

Pink - The Father's declaration concerning His Son "By His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many" (Isaiah 53:11) certainly has a double force: the "knowledge" He possesses and the knowledge which He imparts. As Manton pointed out, "it may be taken either way: actively, for the knowledge which He shall give out; passively, for our apprehension of Christ," for the former without the latter cannot justify us. "By His knowledge" can be regarded both subjectively and objectively. First, by His own personal knowledge of the Father (John 17:25), which was the ground of what He imparted unto men (John 3:11) for their salvation. Second, for our saving knowledge of Him— received from Him. Instead of quibbling as to whether or not Isaiah intended to include each of those meanings, let us be thankful that he was guided to use language which included both senses. (Resource) The NET Note observes that "The song ends as it began (cf. Isaiah 52:13–15), with the Lord announcing the servant's vindication and exaltation." The Righteous One - This is Jesus Christ, no man is righteous before God except the Man Christ Jesus. David Baron observes that the unique way this is phrased in Hebrew (see his exposition for more detail) is done so that "Our minds...rest on the righteousness of the Righteous One as the procuring cause of the blessing spoken of in this verse. In virtue of having been the Righteous One, He becomes the causer, or bringer of righteousness to His believing people." (Isaiah 53 Exposition) William Cunningham - “God’s righteousness is the righteousness which God’s righteousness requires Him to require.” T Jesus Thy Blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; ’Midst flaming worlds in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. (Play) B W Newton - The righteousness by which we are constituted righteous is a service, and obedience which He became man in order to render, and which He commenced and finished in the earth. It commenced when He said, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God." It terminated when He had become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, and said, "It is finished." It is true, indeed, that unless He had been one to whom righteousness essentially belonged, He could not have wrought out the righteousness which He did work out as the Servant. The service of that Servant had in it a superhuman excellency, for that Servant was Immanuel­­ God manifest in the flesh." (exposition) This descriptive name of Messiah is found in both testaments... In Isa 24:16 we read that "from the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory to the Righteous One.”" John Martin comments that "The believing remnant will view the earth’s desolation as a righteous act by the righteous God." (BKC) Jeremiah 23:5 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I shall raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land." Jeremiah 33:15 ‘In those days (THE LAST DAYS - TOWARD THE END OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION) and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. John writes "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." (1 John 2:1) Acts 3:14 “But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, Acts 7:52 “Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; Acts 22:14 “And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth. Will justify the many - Notice it is many not all! “Justified” means to be declared righteous as a judicial act and so to be treated as if one is not sinful, but holy. God sees this one "IN" His Son, Paul explaining that "But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, Who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption." (1 Cor 1:30) When Jesus died upon the cross He took our sin and shame; He offers us His righteousness, A gift that we must claim. —Sper How can the many be justified? Only one Way by grace through faith and the application (imputation, reckoning) of Christ’s righteousness to the credit side of the "account" of the one who believes in Jesus (cf Ro 3:22+, 2 Co 5:21+). We owed a debt we could not pay. Christ paid a debt He did not owe. We enter into this glorious state of justification the same way Abraham did in Genesis 15:6+ = BY FAITH - "Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned (imputed, accounted) it to him as righteousness." Earlier Isaiah had given a "preview prophecy" writing "In the LORD all the offspring of Israel will be justified and will glory.” (Isa 45:25) There is a play on words in the Septuagint translation - "Righteous One...will justify" is "dikaioo...dikaios" translated into English - "my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous" Related Resources: Three Tenses of Salvation - We have been justified, We are being sanctified, We will be glorified. Why does Christ's righteousness need to be imputed to us? Why is justification by faith such an important doctrine? What is justification? What does it mean to be justified? Is salvation by faith alone, or by faith plus works? What is righteousness? What is impartation? What does the Bible say about self-righteousness? What is the substitutionary atonement? John MacArthur on the many - Many is a word picked up by the New Testament writers, as well. Both Matthew and Mark refer to Christ as having given His life a ransom for many. (ED: Mt 20:28, cf Mt 26:28: Mk 10:45, cf Mk 14:24) Paul in Romans 5:15+ speaks of the sacrifice of Christ for many (ED: SEE ALSO Ro 5:19+). The writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 9:28+ refers again to the fact that Christ gave His life for many. And the idea there is many in contrast to one. And all those writers, Matthew, Mark, Paul, and the writer of Hebrews are reaching back to Isaiah 53, without necessarily quoting it, where you have the contrast between the One in verse 11 who is righteous and the many who are sinners. And many are guilty, but only One is righteous. (Sermon) I would add that they phrase "the many" is used in the OT to refer specifically to the Jewish people (Da 9:27+, Da 12:3+) And that could well be the primary meaning here since Isaiah is addressed first of all to the Jews. But of course the many is all who believe for as Paul writes " I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." (Ro 1:16+). Messianic Jewish writer David Baron says "The בּים ִרַע , rabbim ("many"), to whom He thus brings righteousness, or constitutes righteous, is the mass of mankind, or all­­not only in Israel, but amongst the nations also­­who shall respond to His call, and by a living faith enter into an acquaintance with Him." (Isaiah 53 Exposition) Brian Bell - There is no place in the OT where we are nearer to the heart of the gospel than here! One of the “more important” things I learned as a youth, was to spin a Frisbee. (spent hours doing that the summer of 1979) The art of it was to keep your finger centered! Our whole art of Christianity?…to be Centered on the Cross! Jesus didn’t die a martyrs death; or only as a supreme act of love; or even as an act of bravery. He died as our substitute, in our place, for our sins! You must trust in His atoning death, realizing “He died for me!” (Sermon Notes) David Thompson gives an illustration related to righteousness (ours versus His) - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story of a man who had grown up in the ghetto of New York and became a tremendous success. He wrote plays and became very wealthy. He bought his own yacht and he also went out and bought himself a captain’s uniform to wear. It was a beautiful uniform. It had all of the gold and braid of a captain’s uniform in the United States Navy. One day he went and picked up his mother and told her that he wanted to take her to his yacht so she could see it. She went onto his boat and he slipped downstairs and put on his beautiful captain’s uniform. He went back up to where his mother was and said, “Look, Mom, I am a captain.” His mom said, “Son, by my calculation you are a captain and by your calculation you are a captain, but by a real Navy captain’s calculation you are not a captain.” What we are up against in our eternal case before a holy God is His righteousness. We may look nice when we compare ourselves to others, but when we compare ourselves to His standards and His calculations, we do not come close to His glory. God says, our plan was that My Righteous Servant come into this world to justify you. one who believes on Him, He will bear your iniquities and give you justification in your status with God. WE RECEIVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE HE BEARS OUR INIQUITIES As He will bear their iniquities ("for he carried their sins" = NET) - As ("for" in NET) is a term of explanation. He explains how justification will be made possible. Jehovah prophesies that His Righteous Servant's death will be a sin bearing death, in short a fulfillment of thousands of sin bearing animal sacrifices that for centuries had been pointing toward His ultimate sacrifice, but which could not "make perfect those who draw near" (Heb 10:1), because "it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." (Heb 10:4) In a word, this section is a clear description of the doctrine of vicarious, substitutionary atonement and by implication, justification by imputation. Oswalt: The reason the Servant has the power to make people righteous before God is that he himself bears their iniquities – the entire book has been about the persistent sin and unbelief of the chosen people, not to mention the world at large. This man will change all that in a sentence. (NICOT-Isaiah) He will bear (05445) (sabal) is used twice in Isaiah 53 (Isa 53:4, 11) to figuratively describe the Suffering Servant bearing "our sorrows" in verse 4 and our iniquities in verse 11. As Patterson says "Here (REFERRING TO Isa 53:4) the coming Servant, Messiah, lifts up and takes upon Himself man’s sicknesses and bears the weight of his worrisome sorrows. Nothing could more graphically portray the vicarious sacrificial work of Christ Who bore the penalty for man’s sin so that man may receive God’s righteousness and stand justified before Him." (TWOT) (Bolding mine) The Septuagint translates sabal in Isa 53:11 with the verb anaphero which means literally to bring or take up and was a technical term for offering sacrifices (offer up or bring up to the altar, Heb 7:27+). The writer of Hebrews uses anaphero in the phrase "Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many." (Heb 9:28+), which clearly depicts Christ's taking sins on Himself (as our vicarious substitute) in order to atone for them. Anaphero is also found in the Septuagint in Leviticus 16 (the Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur) in Lev 16:25+ describing the work of the high priest who "shall offer up (Lxx = anaphero) in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar." And finally anaphero is used in Peter's great passage on the Servant's Substitutionary Sacrifice... He Himself bore (anaphero) our sins in His body on the cross, so that (PURPOSE CLAUSE) we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. (1 Peter 2:24+) But back to our passage and the phrase He will bear their iniquities - What is fascinating is that according to Thompson this verb "will bear" (sabal) is in the "future imperfect tense which means that after we are justified, Jesus Christ continues to carry out an advocacy work on our behalf for the perverse and depraved things that we do. The assumption is that when Jesus Christ saves us, we do not become some perfect holy person in practice. In fact, there will be moments when we will sin, and if we say differently, we are a liar (1 John 1:8, 10). What this verse says is that when we sin, God continually dispenses the merits of His cross-work on our behalf as our great High Priest. He distributes necessary grace as our continual advocate. When we do something sinful, evil, depraved and we confess it, God looks at that cross-work of Jesus Christ and is fully satisfied that the case is settled." (Exposition) Delitzsch agrees with this analysis writing "This yisbol (He shall bear), which stands along with future verbs, and being also future itself, refers to something to be done by the Servant of Jehovah after the completion of the work to which He is called in this life, and denotes the continued operation of His 'bearing,' or 'carrying' (Isa 53:4) through His own active mediation. His continued loading of our trespasses upon Himself is merely the constant pressure and presentation of His atonement which has been offered once for all. The dead yet living One, because of His one self­ sacrifice, is an eternal Priest, who now lives to distribute the blessings that He has acquired." Iniquities (Same noun in Isaiah 53:6, 6, 11)(05771)('avon from awah = to bend, twist, distort) describes sin's power to twist or distort something good so that the result, effect or consequence is bad (e.g., sex outside of marriage). 'Avon describes the pervertedness, ‘bentness’, crookedness of our fallen human nature and is used repeatedly in Isaiah (Isaiah 1:4; 5:18; 6:7; 40:2; 43:24; 50:1). Paul Apple takes this final stanza and substitutes Jesus for many of the personal pronouns which makes a very interesting reading... Reading of Text – substituting the personal pronouns But the Lord was pleased To crush Jesus Christ, putting Jesus Christ to grief; If Jesus Christ would render Himself as a guilt offering, Jesus Christ will see His offspring, Jesus Christ will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish of Jesus Christ’s soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By his knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As Jesus will bear their iniquities. Therefore, I will allot Jesus Christ a portion with the great, And Jesus Christ will divide the booty with the strong; Because Jesus Christ poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet Jesus Christ Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors. Jehovah is Salvation - 1130 pages Why Did Jesus Die? Read: Isaiah 53:1-12 God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8 The atoning death of Christ is a truth so profound that scholars have been unable to fully plumb its depths. Think of it—Jesus, God’s Son, died to pay the penalty for our sins! Various theories have been advanced to explain what happened, but Scripture teaches that substitution lies closest to the heart of this great mystery. One innocent man bore the sins of all humanity. Cliff Barrows tells of the time his two young children did something wrong. Although they were gently warned, they repeated the offense and needed to be disciplined. Cliff’s tender heart was pained at the thought of having to punish the ones he loved. So he called Bobby and Bettie into his room, removed his belt and shirt, and with bare back he knelt by his bed. He told each child to whip him 10 times. Oh, how they cried! But the penalty had to be paid. The children sobbed as they lashed their daddy’s back. Then Cliff hugged and kissed them, and they prayed together. “It hurt,” he recalls, “but I never had to spank them again.” Are you haunted by the memory of some cowardly, selfish, or shameful acts? Jesus took the lashes for all our sins. Now He invites us to accept His forgiveness and devote the rest of our lives to Him. He wants us to know the greatness of His Father’s love. That’s why He died! The Lamb of God was crucified, The penalty for sin was paid, God's holiness was satisfied, For all our sins on Christ were laid. —Sper God the judge not only declared us guilty but also paid our penalty. He Died For Me! Read: Isaiah 53 If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. —Matthew 27:42 William and Mary Tanner were crossing the railroad tracks when it happened. Mary’s foot slipped and wedged itself between the rail and the wooden crosswalk. She tried frantically to pull her foot free as the sound of an approaching train was heard. There were but seconds left as the express came rushing toward her around a curve. Will Tanner pulled on her foot, desperately trying to free her. As the train came closer and its whistle screamed and brakes shrieked, Will held her in his arms. While people shuddered in horror, the train thundered over them. One witness said that just before the engine hit them, he heard the brave man cry, “I’ll stay with you, Mary!” That is great love! This story reminds me of our Savior, who loved us with a love that can save us (John 3:16). Death came hurtling at Him as He hung on a cross and took the full penalty we deserved. He heard people cry out to Him to save Himself and come down from the cross (Matthew 27:40). But to save others He chose not to save Himself (v.42). With divine, sacrificial love, Jesus refused to spare His own life. He died so that He could provide forgiveness of sins for us. Our Savior stayed on the cross—for you and for me! Oh, can it be, upon a tree The Savior died for me? My soul is thrilled, my heart is filled, To think He died for me! —Newton Nails could not have kept Jesus on the cross if His love for us had not held Him there. Isaiah 53:12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors. KJV Isaiah 53:12 Therefore 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. NET Isaiah 53:12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels." Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great Isaiah 49:24,25; 52:15; Ge 3:15; Ps 2:8; Da 2:45; Mt 12:28,29; Acts 26:18; Php 2:8-11; Col 1:13,14; 2:15; Heb 2:14,15 Because He poured out Himself to death Ps 22:14; Php 2:17; *marg:; Heb 12:2 And was numbered with the transgressors Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37; 23:25,32,33 Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, Isaiah 5311; 1 Timothy 2:5,6; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:26,28 And interceded for the transgressors Lk 23:34; Ro 8:34; Heb 7:25; 9:24; 1 John 2:1,12 Isaiah 53 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: Lk 22:37+ (QUOTED BY JESUS HIMSELF) “For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘AND HE WAS NUMBERED WITH TRANSGRESSORS’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.” THE SUFFERING SERVANT'S EXALTATION Therefore - The term of conclusion. He has just described the substitutionary sacrificial death of the Servant and now Jehovah describes the rewards for His sacrifice. I will allot (chalaq) Him [a portion] with the great - NAS is probably not the best translation (e.g., "great" is the same word translated "many" in the previous verse and "many" at the end of this verse.). The HCSB renders it "Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion." "I" of course is Jehovah Who will Himself bestow the reward on Messiah. Oswalt: far from being despised and rejected, an unknown, the Servant will be given a place at the very forefront, dividing spoil with the victors.(NICOT-Isaiah) David Baron amplifies what is bestowed writing that "the prize is glorious beyond conception, for the rabbim, "many," who form His portion include not only "His own" nation, whom He saves and blesses, and who shall yet render Him such loyal devotion and service as the world has not known, but extends beyond the bounds of Israel to the Gentile nations. (Isaiah 53 Exposition) The verb allot is (chalaq) which means to divide or share and is translated in the Lxx with the verb kleronomeo which means to be an heir. Delitzsch says "What is meant by His having His portion among the rabbim (the 'many,' or 'great') is clearly seen from such passages as Isaiah 52:15 and Isaiah 49:7, according to which the great ones of the earth will be brought to do homage to Him, or, at all events, to submit to Him." Baron however adds this description "is only a mere outline. For the full extent of His "portion" as the Son of David and Son of Man, who, in order to carry out the pleasure of Jehovah in the redemption of the world, took upon Himself the form of a servant, we have to go to a Scripture like the Psalm 2:8 "Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession."; or Psalm 72 "May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth. 9 Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust. 10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 11 And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him." (Ps 72:8-11) But while His portion is "divided" or allotted to Him of God, He Himself "divides spoil" (will divide the booty) "with" or "among" the strong. These (atsumim, "strong" or "mighty ones") are those who flock to His banner and go forth with Him to the conflict against the powers of darkness. They are those of whom we read in Psalm 110:3: "Thy people offer themselves willingly (or 'are all willingness,' or 'thorough devotion') in the day of Thy power." They are those whom the beloved John beheld in vision as "the armies of heaven," following in His train as He rides forth in glorious majesty, conquering and to conquer, "riding upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure." (Revelation 19:14+ - This refers to ALL believers in Heaven!) With these He condescends to share His triumph and to divide the spoil taken from the enemy by making them partners with Himself in His kingdom and glory, even as they were sharers in His sufferings (cf Rev 5:10+ = "You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”"). And truly He and no one else is worthy to be thus exalted (Rev 5:12+), and deserves the glorious award which God bestows upon Him. This is emphasized in the recapitulation of His peerless merit in the last words of this wonderful prophecy." (Isaiah 53 Exposition) And He will divide the booty with the strong - ESV says "He shall divide the spoil with the strong. Messiah will "divide the spoils" like the conquering King He is. The Hebrew verb divide is in the imperfect tense indicating a Messiah will continue to divide the spoils. But with whom will He divide the spoils? This may sound incredible but dear believer He will divide the spoils with YOU. And of course you and I are only "strong" in Him not in our own strength (cf 2 Cor 12:9, 10+). NET Note says "The servant is compared here to a warrior who will be richly rewarded for his effort and success in battle." This statement reminds one of Paul's words in Romans 8:16-17+ "The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him." But God shall raise His head O’er all the sons of men, And make Him see a numerous seed, To recompense His pain. I’ll give Him, saith the Lord, A portion with the strong; He shall possess a large reward; And hold His honors long." --Isaac Watts Because - This is a term of explanation which should always prompt the question "What is being explained?" What do you think? Check the context. Baron on because - The phrase שׁר ֶאַע וֹתּתחתַע , tahath asher, expresses more distinctly than the English rendering "because" the idea of compensation or reward. It has been translated by some "instead of," or "in return for that, i.e. the glorious portion or allotment which is divided to Him by the Father is 'in return' for the great Redemption which He has accomplished with His own life's blood. (Isaiah 53 Exposition) Jehovah now gives four specific sacrificial works that explain why the Servant was greatly exalted in the previous section of this passage He was poured out to death . 53:12a He was God’s offering poured out for us. He was numbered with the transgressors . 53:12b He who knew no sin became sin for us. He Himself bore the sin of many. 53:12c All sin is washed away for those who believe in Him. He interceded for transgressors. 53:12d He poured out Himself to death - The Servant of Jehovah, the Righteous One (Isa 53:11). This is a prophecy of the death of Messiah and gives the reason He will be exalted. Poured out is the Hebrew verb arah which can mean to make naked (while not the primary sense in this passage, Jesus was virtually made naked on the Cross). The other mean of arah is to pour out which is the clear meaning here, where "Himself" is actually the word nephesh or soul, so that He poured out His soul to death. The Septuagint says "His soul was delivered (paradidomi) to death." The point is that He poured out His "life blood" completely emptying Himself unto death. Poured out is perfect tense signifying this is a completed act, which is in keeping with the teaching in the Epistle to the Hebrews which says "Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many." (Hebrews 9:28+). His sacrificial death once and for all time "Paid in full" mankind's sin debt and has no need to ever be repeated. The writer of Hebrews adds "we have been sanctified (perfect tense = past completed act with ongoing effect) through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Heb 10:10+) Note that poured out...numbered...bore are all in the perfect tense, expressing completed action. The fourth verb interceded is imperfect tense. Note: Biblical Hebrew only has two tenses - perfect and imperfect. While the three verb tenses in English are related to time, Biblical Hebrew verb tenses are related to action. The perfect tense is a completed action while the imperfect tense is an incomplete action. (Resource) Poured out reminds us of Paul's testimony "For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come (2 Ti 4:6+, cf Php 2:17+) He was not willing that any should perish; Jesus enthroned in the glory above, Saw our poor fallen world, pitied our sorrows, Poured out His life for us, wonderful love! L R Meyer And although the Servant's pouring out unto death was the predetermined plan of the Father (Acts 2:23, Acts 4:28), the Servant submitted willingly and voluntarily, John recording "For this reason (cf Jn 10:16) the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” (John 10:17, 18). O blood of Christ so precious, Poured out on Calvary! I feel its cleansing power, And that’s enough for me! And that’s enough for me! And that’s enough for me! I feel its cleansing power, And that’s enough for me! Elisha Hoffman And was numbered with the transgressors (pasha = rebels; Lxx = anomos = as having no law, wicked, lawless) - David Baron on transgressors - "not only ordinary sinners, such as all men are, but criminals ­­open transgressors of the laws of God and of man, with whom to be associated would be a great humiliation for ordinary men, and how much more to the "Holy One." To the believer it is precious and interesting to remember that this clause formed one of the direct quotations from this chapter made by our Lord Jesus Himself just before His betrayal and crucifixion....It was, indeed, as another writer observes, "one of those remarkable coincidences which were brought about by Providence between the prophecies and the circumstances of our Saviour's passion" that the Christ should have been crucified between "two thieves" (or, more literally, "robbers"), but this one striking incident did not exhaust the scope of the prophetic word. He suffered Himself also to be reckoned with transgressors "in the judgment of His countrymen, and in the unjust judgment (or 'sentence') by which He was delivered up to death as a wicked apostate and transgressor of the law." (Isaiah 53 Exposition) His honor and His breath Were taken both away, Joined with the wicked in His death, And made as vile as they. Isaac Watts Luke's Gospel quotes Jesus “For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘AND HE WAS NUMBERED WITH TRANSGRESSORS’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.” (Lk 22:37+) Comment - The point is that Jesus is using this prophetic passage to explain to the disciples that though He was innocent, His enemies would treat Him as a criminal ("transgressor") and crucify Him as a criminal. The disciples would have a difficult time accepting or understanding what the Jewish leaders would soon treat Jesus as a criminal. So Jesus tells them this has to happen to fulfill what was prophesied about Him in Isaiah 53:12. Leon