Isaiah 50:1-9
“The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned... I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord GOD will help me... he is near that justifieth me.”
King James Version
The third Servant Song — the obedient Servant who gives his back to those who beat him and his face to shame and spitting, yet trusts the Lord to vindicate him.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 26:67 Matthew 27:30 Isaiah 53:1-12 1 Peter 2:23
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe Servant who gave His back to the smiters is Jesus; the one God, clothed in flesh, submitted to shame and was vindicated in resurrection (1 Pet. 2:23-24).
JewishRead of the faithful servant (Israel or the prophet) who suffers reproach yet trusts in God's vindication amid persecution.
CatholicChrist's willing submission to mockery and scourging, trusting the Father's vindication (the Passion).
ProtestantStrikingly fulfilled in Christ's trial — the smiting, the spitting, the plucked beard — and His steadfast trust in the Father (1 Pet. 2:23).
OrthodoxThe Servant Christ enduring shame in obedience, vindicated by the Father.
DispensationalThe suffering Servant-Messiah at His first coming, enduring rejection before His exaltation.
AcademicThe third Servant Song; scholars note the move from the Servant's mission (49) to his suffering (50), preparing for the climactic Song 4 (52:13-53:12).
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