
The controversy and denial of Jesus fulfilling Isaiah’s words continue today. They refused Jesus as God’s precious Son and His fulfillment of this prophecy. Their solution was to remove it from readings and teachings. Why is it called the forbidden chapter? The most glaring description of our Messiah was one who suffered on our behalf- “by His wounds we are healed.” The Jews knew only God could forgive sin.

Intense debates began after Jesus appeared and fulfilled these prophecies.

Rabbis read this chapter of Isaiah in the synagogues for centuries and understood it was a prophecy of the Messiah. This fulfilled prophecy caused so much controversy in later years that it was named “the forbidden chapter.” Isaiah 53- the Forbidden Chapter This chapter is amazing because of it’s detailed depiction of the life and suffering of Jesus. He shows us that Jesus is the Suffering Servant who will fulfill God’s plan of salvation for His people. The punishment that brought our peace was on him and by his wounds we are healed.Īnd he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.īut he was wounded because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our welfare was upon him, and with his stripes we were healed.The title “Suffering Servant” comes from the prophet Isaiah. King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scanīut He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities The chastening for our well-being upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.īut he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed.īut it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.īut he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.īut he was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed.īut he was pierced for our transgressions. "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 KJV Copy Print Similar Verses Saveīut he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed. 8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 6All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed. 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 3He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
