Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 53:4
4. Another turn occurs here. Already it seems to have been implied that when, in the prophetic outlook, the Messiah should come, he would not come in the form or aspect expected. Now the confession is: Surely That is, actually. He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows It is, indeed, an actual burden he has borne that of our sorrows; also, that of expiation for our sins. Did esteem him Our opinion was, indeed, that he was, or had been, stricken. But struck with leprosy, as it... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 53:1-12
Sec. 3. MESSIAH AND THE GOSPEL, Isaiah 52:11 to Isaiah 55:13. Thus far in this chapter is treated the case of an exalted Church passing, step by step, through suffering and deliverances into the purity of the typical holy Zion; from this point the view is turned again to the “Servant” of Jehovah, through whom the prophet has seen the Church to be redeemed. The portrait of a suffering servant is here filled out in detail, as a side-piece (Delitzsch) to the liberation and deliverance of... read more